Cleidogonoidea

Selected features of Hirsutogona mirabilis, from Kraus (1954). (62) fore gonopods, dorsal view; (63) fore gonopods, ventral view; (64) leg 72 (hind gonopod); (65) leg 81.

Belongs within: Chordeumatida.

The Cleidogonoidea are a group of millipedes with smooth sides on the metazona (Hoffman 1990).

Characters (Hoffman 1990): Adults with 28 or 30 body segments; collum small, not concealing head; tergal surface smooth and polished, or elevated into low, smooth tubercles; metaterga with well defined median longitudinal suture; metazona not produced into paranota, sides smooth; ozopores absent; mentum of gnathochilarium transversely divided, with small triangular promentum set off; ninth and tenth pairs of legs with coxal sacs in males.

<==CleidogonoideaH90
    |--TrichopetalidaeH90
    |    |--TrichopetalumH90
    |    `--TrigenotylaH90
    `--CleidogonidaeH90
         |--PseudotremiaH90
         |--TiganogonaH90
         |--CleidogonaH90
         |    |--C. ceibana Chamberlin 1922K54
         |    `--C. majorH90
         `--Hirsutogona Kraus 1954K54
              |--*H. minutissima Kraus 1954K54
              |--H. godmani (Pocock 1903) [=Cleidogona godmani]K54
              |--H. mirabilis Kraus 1954K54
              `--H. stolli (Pocock 1903) [=Cleidogona stolli]K54

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[H90] Hoffman, R. L. 1990. Diplopoda. In: Dindal, D. L. (ed.) Soil Biology Guide pp. 835–860. John Wiley & Sones: New York.

[K54] Kraus, O. 1954. Myriapoden aus El Salvador. Senckenbergiana Biologica 35 (5–6): 293–349.

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