Pachybolini

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
Subfamilia: Pachybolinae
Tribus: Pachybolini
Genera (9): Crurifarcimen – Epibolus – Gabolus – Hadrobolus – Hyperbolus – Madabolus – Pachybolus – Parabolus – Pelmatojulus
Name

Pachybolini Cook, 1897
Type genus: Pachybolus Cook, 1897

References

Cook, O.F. 1897: New relatives of Spirobolus giganteus. Brandtia, 18: 73–75. [not seen]
Enghoff, H. 2011: East African giant millipedes of the tribe Pachybolini (Diplopoda, Spirobolida, Pachybolidae). Zootaxa, 2753: 1–41. Preview PDF
Shelley, R.M. 2003: A revised, annotated, family-level classification of the Diplopoda. Arthropoda selecta, 11 (3): 187–207.
Wesener, T.; Enghoff, H.; Wägele, J.-W. 2008: Pachybolini - a tribe of giant Afrotropical millipedes: arguments for monophyly and the description of a new genus from Madagascar (Diplopoda: Spirobolida: Pachybolidae). Invertebrate systematics, 22 (1): 37–53. DOI: 10.1071/IS07008