Marine Species Traits - Melaphinae Brölemann, 1916

Traits name details

Melaphinae Brölemann, 1916

AphiaID

888952 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:888952)

Classification

Status

uncertain

Rank

Subfamily

Parent

Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895

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Tribe Melaphini Brölemann, 1916 (uncertain)
1. Genus Melaphe Cook, 1904

Environment

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

Original description

Brölemann, H. W. (1916). Essai de classification des Polydesmiens. Annales de la Société entomologique de France. 84: 523-608. Paris., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8559505
page(s): 585 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Melaphinae Brölemann, 1916. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888952 on 2026-09-04

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Melaphinae Brölemann, 1916. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888952 on 2026-09-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-11-03 12:06:36Z

created

Sierwald, Petra

2017-06-22 07:13:46Z

changed

Spelda, Jörg

2024-06-30 00:05:37Z

changed

Hennen, Derek

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Sources (5)
Links (2)

original description Brölemann, H. W. (1916). Essai de classification des Polydesmiens. Annales de la Société entomologique de France. 84: 523-608. Paris., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8559505
page(s): 585 [details]

additional source Enghoff, H. (2006). The millipedes of Turkey (Diplopoda). Steenstrupia, 29(2): 175-198 [details] Available for editors

additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1962). Taxonomic studies on the Melaphinae, a group of palaearctic polydesmoid diplopoda. Opuscula zoologica, München, 59: 1-10. München, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31663579 [details]

additional source Hoffman, R. L.; Lohmander, H. (1968). The Diplopoda of Turkey. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut, 65: 61-121. Hamburg [details]

additional source Means, J. C.; Hennen, D. A.; Tanabe, T.; Marek, P. E. (2021). Phylogenetic Systematics of the Millipede Family Xystodesmidae. Insect Systematics and Diversity. 5(2)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixab003
page(s): 23; note: Retained in Xystodesmidae as uncertain status. [details] Available for editors

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