Marine Species Traits - Messicobolidae Loomis, 1968

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Messicobolidae Loomis, 1968

AphiaID

888743 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:888743)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Spirobolidea

Direct children (3)

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Genus Messicobolus Brölemann, 1913
Genus Petenobolus Loomis, 1968
Genus Oxobolus Chamberlin, 1922 accepted as Messicobolus Brölemann, 1913 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Original description

Loomis, H. F. (1968). A checklist of the millipeds of Mexico and Central America. United States National Museum Bulletin. 266: 1-137. Washington., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7893582
page(s): 81 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Messicobolidae Loomis, 1968. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888743 on 2026-06-29

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Messicobolidae Loomis, 1968. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888743 on 2026-06-29

Taxonomic edit history

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original description Loomis, H. F. (1968). A checklist of the millipeds of Mexico and Central America. United States National Museum Bulletin. 266: 1-137. Washington., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7893582
page(s): 81 [details] Available for editors

taxonomy source Minelli, A. (2015). Treatise on Zoology – Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2. Brill, Leiden; Boston. 482 pp.
page(s): 452; note: listed as a valid family in Table 16.1 [details]

additional source Carl, J. (1918). Miscellanées diplopodologiques. Revue suisse de Zoologie, 26(13): 417-468. Genève, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10702479 [details]

additional source Carl, J. (1919). Revision de quelques Spirobolides du Muséum de Genève. Revue suisse de Zoologie, 27(12): 377-404. Genève, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.36330 [details]

additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1999). Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History, special publication. 8: 1-584., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63590410 [details]

additional source Loomis, H. F. (1968). New species and records of millipeds from Nuevo León, Mexico. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 41: 382-394 [details]

additional source Loomis, H. F. (1968). New North American spiroboloid millipeds of the families Atopetholidae and Messicobolidae. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 81: 499-510 [details]

additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1998). Some necessary fine-tuning in the order Spirobolida (Spirobolidae, Messicobolidae, Atopetholidae). Myriapodologica, 5(6): 63-76. Martinsville [details]

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