Cherokia

Cherokia is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae. There are at least three described species in Cherokia.[1][2][3][4]

Cherokia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polydesmida
Family: Xystodesmidae
Tribe: Rhysodesmini
Genus: Cherokia
Chamberlin, 1949

Species

These three species belong to the genus Cherokia:

  • Cherokia georgiana (Bollman, 1889)
  • Cherokia latassa Hoffman
  • Cherokia parvior Chamberlin

References

  1. "Cherokia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. "Cherokia". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. Shelley, R. M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

  • Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications. 8. ISBN 9781884549120.
  • Golovatch, Sergei I.; Kime, R. Desmond (2009). "Millipede (Diplopoda) distributions: A review" (PDF). Soil Organisms. 81: 565–597. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2018-05-06.


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