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Pollyxenus

Insecta - Chilognatha

Taxonomy
Pollyxenus was named by Latreille (1802). It is extant.

It was corrected as Polyxenus by Koch and Berendt (1854) and Hoffman (1969).

It was assigned to Chilognatha by Latreille (1802); to Julidae by Koch and Berendt (1854); and to Polyxenidae by Hoffman (1969).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Pollyxenus Latreille p. 45
1854Polyxenus Koch and Berendt p. 11
1969Polyxenus Hoffman p. 583

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
subclassMyriapoda
orderChilognatha
genusPollyxenus

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.

G. Pollyxenus Latreille 1802
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Diagnosis
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