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Polyxenidae

Myriapoda - Polyxenida - Polyxenidae

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

It was assigned to Polyxenoidea by Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin and Azar (2004); and to Polyxenida by Hoffman (1969) and Wesener and Moritz (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Polyxenidae Lucas
1969Polyxenidae Hoffman p. 583
2004Polyxenidae Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin and Azar
2018Polyxenidae Wesener and Moritz p. 1132

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

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
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available