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Family EURYPAUROPODIDAE Ryder

Introduction

Eurypauropodids move slowly and may have the ability to retract the body into a coil.

The family contains four genera, only one of which, Samarangopus, has been recorded from Australia.

 

Diagnosis

The body is oval, robust and dorsoventrally flattened, with six undivided tergites which are usually light brown. Legs are short and not dorsally visible during movement. The head is small and ventral to the first tergite, the pygidium is ventral to the distal tergite, and cuticle of tergites coarse, ornamented and provided with tubercles, spiney and leaf shaped setae.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
12-Feb-2010 (import)