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Phryssonotus

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Phryssonotus
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Phryssonotus is a genus of bristle millipedes containing around nine extant species. Species are characterized by the possession of dark, rear-projecting scale-shaped bristles (trichomes) on the tergites; all other bristles are long and hairlike.[1] Adults in this genus have 17 pairs of legs, except for the species Phryssonotus brevicapensis, in which they have only 15 pairs of legs.[1]

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Species

  • Phryssonotus brevicapensis
  • Phryssonotus burmiticus
  • Phryssonotus capensis
  • Phryssonotus chilensis
  • Phryssonotus cubanus
  • Phryssonotus hystrix
  • Phryssonotus novaehollandiae
  • Phryssonotus orientalis
  • Phryssonotus platycephalus
  • Phryssonotus burmiticus Cockerell 1917 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
  • Phryssonotus hystrix Menge 1854 Baltic amber, Eocene

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