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Siphonotidae (Rhinotus, Siphonotus) aside from species of Rhinotus, the
Siphonotidae is represented in Australasia by slender, elongate species of
unknown genus, which are recognizable by the triangular head.
Pachybolidae (Trigoniulus)
Blaniulidae (Choneiulus, Proteroiulus)
Julidae (Cylindroiulus)
Cambalidae (Nannolene) – endemic to Hawaii
Cambalopsidae (Glyphiulus) – introduced to islands in the Pacific.
Possible invaders:
Rhinotus purpureus is a common synathropic millipede in the northern Neotropics
being known from Blize, Costa Rica, Panama, Dominica, Guadeloupe and Marie
Galante, Haiti, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent, Tobago, Trinidad and
Surnam (Shelley 1998)
Trigoniulus corallinus – introduced to Pacific Islands, cited as T. lumbricinus.
Intercepted in Hawaiian Islands quarantine (Honolulu) among soil with plants
from Bogor.
Leptogoniulus naresi found on Philippines may be introduced to other Pacific
Islands. A specimen was intercepted in Hawaii believed to have originated from
American Samoa (dated 18 July 1948).
Chondromorpha exanthotricha native to India/Sri Lanka is reported from Fiji,
Samoa.
Desmoxytes planate discovered on the Andaman Islands is known from Fiji
References:
Jeekel CAW. 1972. The ‗endemic‘ paradoxosomatids (Diplopoda, Polydesmida) of the
Fiji Islands. Beaufortia 20: 16.
Jeekel, CAW. 1980. Records of Diplopoda of the order Polydesmida from Fiji Islandns.
Entomol. Ber. 40: 122-127
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