Phryssonotus

Phryssonotus
Temporal range:
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. Adults in this genus have 17 pairs of legs, except for the species Phryssonotus brevicapensis, in which they have only 15 pairs of legs.

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