Pachybolidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Classis: Diplopoda
Subclassis: Chilognatha
Infraclassis: Helminthomorpha
Superordo: Anocheta
Ordo: Spirobolida

Familia: Pachybolidae
Subfamiliae (2): Centrobolinae - Pachybolinae - Spiromiminae - Trigoniulinae
Overview of genera (48)

Alluviobolus – Aphistogoniulus – ?Atlanticobolus – Atopochetus – Aulacobolus – Brachyspirobolus – ?Bukobolus – ?Callipodolus – Caprobolus – Centrobolus – Colossobolus – Corallobolus – Crurifarcimen – ?Dactylobolus – Dekanbolus – ?Diaphoropus – Epibolus – Epitrigoniulus – Erythroprosopon – Eucentrobolus – Flagellobolus – Gabolus – Granitobolus – Hadrobolus – Hyperbolus – Komphobolus – Litostrophus – Macrurobolus – Madabolus – Metiche – Microbolus – ?Microspirobolus – Mystalides – Neptunobolus – Ostinobolus – Pachybolus – Parabolus – Pelmatojulus – Pseudocentrobolus – Riotintobolus – Sanguinobolus – ?Spiromanes – Spiromimus – Stenobolus – Titsonobolus – Tonkinbolus – Trachelomegalus – Xenobolus – Zehntnerobolus

[sources: Wesener & Enghoff (2009), Wesener, Enghoff & Sierwald (2009), Catalogue of Life, 3rd January 2011, Enghoff (2011), except ? = unsourced]
Name

Pachybolidae Cook, 1897
Synonyms

Atopochetidae Attems, 1953

References

Template:Cook, 1897

Enghoff, H. 2011: East African giant millipedes of the tribe Pachybolini (Diplopoda, Spirobolida, Pachybolidae). Zootaxa, 2753: 1–41. Preview PDF
Pimvichai, P., Enghoff, H. & Backeljau, T. 2022. Redescription of the giant Southeast Asian millipede Spirobolus macrurus Pocock, 1893 and its assignment to the new genus Macrurobolus gen. nov. (Diplopoda, Spirobolida, Pachybolidae). Zookeys 1087ː 1–18. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1087.71280 Open access Reference page.
Wesener, T.; Enghoff, H. 2009: Revision of the millipede subfamily Spiromiminae, a Malagasy group with Indian connections? (Diplopoda Spirobolida Pachybolidae). Tropical zoology, 22: 71–120.
Wesener, T.; Enghoff, H.; Sierwald, P. 2009: Review of the Spirobolida on Madagascar, with descriptions of twelve new genera, including three genera of 'fire millipedes' (Diplopoda). ZooKeys, 19: 1–128. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.19.221

Links

Pachybolidae in the World Register of Marine Species
EoL [needs work]

Pachybolidae, is a family of Round-backed millipedes of the order Spirobolida. The family includes 49 different genera.[1][2] Two subfamilies recognized.
Subfamilies

Pachybolinae
Spiromiminae

Genera

Alluviobolus
Aphistogoniulus
?Atlanticobolus
Atopochetus
Aulacobolus
Brachyspirobolus
?Bukobolus
?Callipodolus
Caprobolus
Centrobolus
Colossobolus
Corallobolus
Crurifarcimen
?Dactylobolus
Dekanbolus
?Diaphoropus
Dichromatobolus
Epibolus
Epitrigoniulus
Erythroprosopon
Eucentrobolus
Flagellobolus
Gabolus
Granitobolus
Hadrobolus
Hyperbolus
Komphobolus
Litostrophus
Madabolus
Metiche
Microbolus
?Microspirobolus
Mystalides
Neptunobolus
Ostinobolus
Pachybolus
Parabolus
Pelmatojulus
Pseudocentrobolus
Riotintobolus
Sanguinobolus
?Spiromanes
Spiromimus
Stenobolus
Titsonobolus
Tonkinbolus
Trachelomegalus
Xenobolus
Zehntnerobolus

References

"Famaily Pachybolidae" (PDF). Zootaxa. Retrieved 19 December 2016.

Wesener, Thomas (2020-10-12). "Dichromatobolus, a new genus of spirobolidan millipedes from Madagascar (Spirobolida, Pachybolidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (720): 107–120. doi:10.5852/ejt.2020.720.1119. ISSN 2118-9773.

East African giant millipedes of the tribe Pachybolini (Diplopoda, Spirobolida, Pachybolidae)
Revision of the millipede subfamily Spiromiminae, a Malagasy group with Indian connections? (Diplopoda Spirobolida Pachybolidae)
Review of the Spirobolida on Madagascar, with descriptions of twelve new genera, including three genera of 'fire millipedes' (Diplopoda).