Trichopetalidae

Trichopetalidae is a family of millipedes in the order Chordeumatida. Adult millipedes in this family have 28 or 30 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last).^[1][2] There are 7 genera and at 43 species accepted in the family Trichopetalidae.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Trichopetalidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Chordeumatida
Superfamily:	Cleidogonoidea
Family:	Trichopetalidae Verhoeff, 1914

Genera

The following genera are recognised in the family Trichopetalidae:^[8]

• Causeyella Shear, 2003
• Mexiterpes Causey, 1963
• Nannopetalum Shear, 2003
• Scoterpes Cope, 1872
• Trichopetalum Harger, 1872
• Trigenotyla Causey, 1951
• Zygonopus Ryder, 1881