Pauropus huxleyi Lubbock, 1867
Identification
This is the first pauropod to be discovered and was described in 1867 by Sir John Lubbock.
It belongs to family Pauropodidae – a group of more elongated slender species (in contrast to the relatively short and squat Eurypauropoidae).
References
Barber, A.D., Blower, J.G., Scheller, U. (1992). Pauropoda, the smallest myriapods. Bulletin of the British Myriapod Group 8: 13-24.
Oliver, P.G. & Amsden, A.F. (1982). The Pauropoda. Nature in Wales 1: 33-38.
Scheller,U. (1990). A list of the British Pauropoda with a description of a new species of Eurypauropodidae (Myriapoda). Journal of Natural History 24: 1179-1195.
Links
http://www.frontiersinzoology.com/content/3/1/2
BRC code
132
idBmigTaxa
Pau_129