Millipedes of Australia


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Chordeumatida
Polydesmida
Polyxenida
Polyzoniida
Siphonophorida
Sphaerotheriida
Spirobolida
Spirostreptida
 
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Order
Polyxenida


Family
Lophoproctidae
 
Genus
Lophoturus


Family
Polyxenidae
 
Genus
Propolyxenus
Unixenus


Family
Synxenidae
 
Genus
Phryssonotus


Polyxenida: Polyxenidae 

Two Australian genera:


Propolyxenus Silvestri, 1948
  Propolyxenus Silvestri 1948b: 215. (Introduced in genus key for Polyxenidae.)
  Propolyxenus Jeekel 1971: 5. (In genus catalogue.)
  Propolyxenus Hoffman 1980: 54. (In genus catalogue.)
  Propolyxenus Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin & Geoffroy 2003: 100. (In Polyxenida catalogue.)

Type species. Propolyxenus aegeus Silvestri, 1948, by original designation. [Greece]
Distribution. Tas; NZ; other Regions.
Included species.
    Propolyxenus forsteri Condé, 1951 [Tas; NZ]
    and at least 5 non-Australian species (Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin & Geoffroy 2003: 100)
 

Unixenus Jones, 1944
  Monoxenus Jones 1937: 138. (First description.)
  Unixenus Jones 1944: 95. (Unixenus introduced as nomen novum to replace Monoxenus, a junior homonym of Monoxenus Kolbe, 1893 (Coleoptera).) From secondary source, reference not yet checked
  Monoxenus Silvestri 1948b: 216. (In genus key; Silvestri apparently unaware of Jones (1944).)
  Unixenus Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin & Condé, 1967: 74. (Taxonomic comparison with Monographis.)
  Unixenus Jeekel 1971: 5. (In genus catalogue.)
  Unixenus Hoffman 1980: 54. (In genus catalogue.)
  Unixenus Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin & Geoffroy 2003: 101. (In Polyxenida catalogue.)

Type species. Monoxenus padmanabhii Jones, 1937, by direct substitution. [India]
Distribution. WA; other Regions.
Included species.
    Unixenus attemsi Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin & Condé, 1967 [WA]
    Unixenus mjoebergi (Verhoeff, 1924) [WA]
    and at least 3 non-Australian species (Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin & Geoffroy 2003: 101)