Andrognathus

{{Short description|Genus of millipedes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| oldest_fossil = Cenomanian

| image = Andrognathus corticarius A.jpg

| image_caption = Andrognathus corticarius

| taxon = Andrognathus

| authority = Cope, 1869

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| subdivision =

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Andrognathus is a genus of North American millipedes in the family Andrognathidae, containing three species: A. corticarius, A. grubbsi, and A. hoffmani.{{cite journal |last1=Shorter |first1=Patricia L. |last2=Hennen |first2=Derek A. |last3=Marek |first3=Paul E. |title=Cryptic diversity in Andrognathus corticarius Cope, 1869 and description of a new Andrognathus species from New Mexico (Diplopoda, Platydesmida, Andrognathidae) |journal=ZooKeys |date=2018 |issue=786 |pages=19–41 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.786.27631|pmid=30283233 |pmc=6168611 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2018ZooK..786...19S }} The fossil species Andrognathus burmiticus is known from approximately 99 million year old Burmese amber from Myanmar, showing that the genus had a much wider distribution in the past.{{Cite journal|last1=Moritz|first1=Leif|last2=Wesener|first2=Thomas|date=September 2019|title=The first known fossils of the Platydesmida—an extant American genus in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Diplopoda: Platydesmida: Andrognathidae)|url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s13127-019-00408-0|journal=Organisms Diversity & Evolution|language=en|volume=19|issue=3|pages=423–433|doi=10.1007/s13127-019-00408-0|s2cid=195744191|issn=1439-6092|url-access=subscription}}

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