Phryssonotus

Phryssonotus; Temporal range: Cenomanian–Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Phryssonotus brevicapensis from South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Polyxenida
Family:	Synxenidae
Genus:	Phryssonotus; Scudder, 1885
Synonyms
	Lophonotus Menge, 1854; Synxenus Silvestri, 1900; Kubanus Attems, 1926; Schindalmonotus Attems, 1926; Koubanus Attems, 1928;

Phryssonotus is a genus of bristle millipedes containing around nine extant species. Species are characterized by the possession of dark, rear-projecting scale-shaped bristles (trichomes) on the tergites; all other bristles are long and hairlike.[1]

Species

Phryssonotus brevicapensis
Phryssonotus burmiticus
Phryssonotus capensis
Phryssonotus chilensis
Phryssonotus cubanus
Phryssonotus hystrix
Phryssonotus novaehollandiae
Phryssonotus orientalis
Phryssonotus platycephalus
†Phryssonotus burmiticus Cockerell 1917 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
†Phryssonotus hystrix Menge 1854 Baltic amber, Eocene

References

Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, Monique; Uys, Charmaine; Geoffroy, Jean-Jacques (2011). "Two remarkable new species of Penicillata (Diplopoda, Polyxenida) from Table Mountain National Park (Cape Town, South Africa)". ZooKeys. 156: 85–103. doi:10.3897/zookeys.156.2211. PMC 3253573. PMID 22303097.

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[1] Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, Monique; Uys, Charmaine; Geoffroy, Jean-Jacques (2011). "Two remarkable new species of Penicillata (Diplopoda, Polyxenida) from Table Mountain National Park (Cape Town, South Africa)". ZooKeys. 156: 85–103. doi:10.3897/zookeys.156.2211. PMC 3253573. PMID 22303097.