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Polyxenida

Myriapoda - Polyxenida

Taxonomy
Polyxenida was named by Lucas (1840). It is extant.

It was assigned to Penicillata by Hoffman (1969), Rasnitsyn and Golovatch (2004), Shear and Edgecombe (2010) and Su et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Polyxenida Lucas
1969Polyxenida Hoffman p. 583
2004Polyxenida Rasnitsyn and Golovatch p. 155
2010Polyxenida Shear and Edgecombe p. 181
2019Polyxenida Su et al. p. 221

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
classMyriapoda()
DignathaTiegs 1947
subclassDiplopodaGervais 1844
subclassPenicillataLatreille 1825
orderPolyxenidaLucas 1840
orderPolyxenidaLucas 1840

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Or. Polyxenida Lucas 1840
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Fm. Lophoproctidae Silvestri 1897
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G. Lophoproctus Pocock 1894
Superfm. Polyxenoidea Lucas 1840
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Fm. Polyxenidae Lucas 1840
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G. †Electroxenus Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin and Azar 2004
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Electroxenus jezzinensis Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin and Azar 2004
G. †Libanoxenus Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin and Azar 2004
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Libanoxenus hammanaensis Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin and Azar 2004
G. Pauropsxenus Silvestri 1948
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Pauropsxenus extraneus Su et al. 2020
Pauropsxenus ordinatus Su et al. 2020
G. Polyxenus Latreille 1802
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Polyxenus caudatus Menge 1854
Polyxenus colurus Menge 1854
Polyxenus coniformis Koch and Berendt 1854
Polyxenus lophurus Menge 1854
Polyxenus miocenica Srivastava et al. 2006
Polyxenus ovalis Koch and Berendt 1854
Superfm. Synxenoidea Silvestri 1923
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Fm. Synxenidae Silvestri 1923
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G. Phryssonotus Scudder 1885
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Phryssonotus burmiticus Cockerell 1917
Phryssonotus hystrix Menge 1854
Invalid names: Lophonotus Menge 1854 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available