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Polyxenus Latreille, 1802
Pollyxenus Latreille, 1802; Histoire naturelle ... des crustacés et des insectes, ..., vol. 3: 45, TS: Scolopendra lagura Linnaeus
Polyxenus Latreille, 1802; [NAML: 9]
Polyxenus ; Goldfuss, 1820, Handbuch der zoologie, 1: 199; Latzel, 1884, Myr. Öst.-Ung. Monarch... vol. 2: 71

12 sp.


Polyxenus anacopensis Pierce, 1940
California (Middle Anacapa Is.). See [About maps] Polyxenus anacopensis Pierce, 1940; Bull. Southern California Acad. Sci., 39 (2): 164, f. 3, 6, 9, 15-18, TL: Middle Anacapa Island, Santa Barbara Co.
Polyxenus anacopensis ; [NAML, 10]

Polyxenus bartschi Chamberlin, 1922
Florida (Tortugas Key). See [About maps] Polyxenus bartschi Chamberlin, 1922; Ent. News, 33 (6): 165, TL: Tortugas Key, Monroe Co.,Florida
Polyxenus bartschi ; [NAML, 10]

Polyxenus fasciculatus Say, 1821
-. See [About maps] Polyxenus fasciculatus Say, 1821; Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 2: 108, TL: "Southern States"
E.USA (Long Island - Texas) Polyxenus fasciculatus fasciculatus ; [NAML, 10]
P. f. victoriensis Pierce, 1940
Texas (Victoria Co.) Polyxenus fasciculatus victoriensis Pierce, 1940; Bull. Southern California Acad. Sci., 39 (2): 163, TL: Victoria, Victoria Co.

Polyxenus lagurus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Europe, N.Africa, Nova Scotia. See [About maps] Scolopendra lagura Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (edn. 10) 1: 637, TL: Sweden?
Pollyxenus lagurus ; Latreille, 1804, Histoire naturelle ... des crustacés et des insectes, ..., vol. 7: 82
Polyxenus lagurus ; Latzel, 1884, Myr. Öst.-Ung. Monarch... vol. 2: 74, f. 22-39; Schubart, 1934, in Dahl, Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und ..., Teil 28: 20, f. 4-6; [NAML, 10]

Polyxenus pugetensis Kincaid, 1898
Washington, British Columbia. See [About maps] Polyxenus pugetensis Kincaid, 1898; Ent. News, 9: 192, TL: W.Washington
Polyxenus pugetensis ; [NAML, 11]

Polyxenus tuberculatus Pierce, 1940
Texas (Uvalde Co.). See [About maps] Polyxenus tuberculatus Pierce, 1940; Bull. Southern California Acad. Sci., 39 (2): 166, TL: Sabinal, Uvalde Co., Texas


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References:
[About maps]
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[NAML]
Chamberlin & Hoffman, 1958; U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 212; Checklist of the Millipeds of the North America


Some related literature:
Chamberlin, 1922
A new milliped of the genus Polyxenus from the Florida Keys Ent. News, 33 (6): 165
Kincaid, 1898
A new species of Polyxenus Ent. News, 9: 192-193
Latzel, 1884
Die Symphylen, Pauropoden und Diplopoden. Die Myriopoden der Osterreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie ... Myr. Öst.-Ung. Monarch... vol. 2: i-xi, 1-414, pls. 1-16, f. 1-210
Pierce, 1940
A rare myriapod from Anacapa Island, compared with two Texas species Bull. Southern California Acad. Sci., 39 (2): 158-171, f. 1-19
Say, 1821
Description of the myriapodae of the United States Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 2: 102-114
Schubart, 1934
Tausendfüssler oder Myriapoda I: Diplopoda, in Dahl, Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzende Meeresteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise in Dahl, Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und ..., Teil 28: i-vii, 1-318, f. 1-480


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