Monographis
{{Short description|Genus of millipede}}
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Monographis is a terrestrial genus of millipede in the family Polyxenidae comprising 10 species.{{Cite web |title=MilliBase - Monographis Attems, 1907 |url=https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=892056 |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=www.millibase.org}}
Description
Similarly to other genera in Polyxenidae, Monographis millipedes are covered in characteristic Setae which they use in defense against predators (primarily ants).{{Cite web |title=Order Polyxenida |url=https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/TFI/start%20key/key/myriapoda%20key/Media/HTML/Polyxenida.html |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=keys.lucidcentral.org}} They are very small, typically ranging from 1.5-4mm.{{Citation |last=Enghoff |first=Henrik |title=Diplopoda — taxonomic overview |date=2015-01-01 |url=https://brill.com/display/book/edcoll/9789004188273/B9789004188273_017.xml |work=Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2 |pages=363–453 |access-date=2024-01-11 |publisher=Brill |language=en |isbn=978-90-04-18827-3 |last2=Golovatch |first2=Sergei |last3=Short |first3=Megan |last4=Stoev |first4=Pavel |last5=Wesener |first5=Thomas}}
Species
- Monographis annandalei (Silvestri, 1948)
- Monographis baihualingensis Ishii & Yin, 2000
- Monographis condorensis Huynh & Veenstra, 2020
- Monographis demangei Jacquemin-Nguyen Duy & Condé, 1967
- Monographis kraepelini Attems, 1907
- Monographis mirus (Turk, 1947)
- Monographis queenslandicus Huynh & Veenstra, 2013
- Monographis schulzei Attems, 1909
- Monographis tamoyoensis Schubart, 1939
- Monographis yunnanensis Ishii & Yin, 2000
References
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