Golovatchiidae is a family of millipedes belonging to the order Chordeumatida.[1] This family contains a single species, Golovatchia magda.[2] This species ranges from 15 mm to 17 mm in length and is found in the Russian Far East.[3] Adult millipedes of this species have 30 segments (including the collum, the telson, and the rings in between).[2] In the adult male of this species, the gonopod complex involves three leg pairs (pairs 8 through 10) rather than just the two (pairs 8 and 9) that are usually modified into gonopods this order.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Chordeumatida |
| Superfamily: | Brannerioidea |
| Family: | Golovatchiidae |
Genera:[1]
- Golovatchia Shear, 1992
References
edit- ^ a b "Golovatchiidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ a b c Shear, William A. (1992). "Golovatchia, new genus, and Golovatchiidae, from the Far East of the Russian Republic, with a comment on Hoffmaneumatidae (Diplopoda: Chordeumatidae)" (PDF). Myriapodologica. 3 (4): 25–36.
- ^ Enghoff, Henrik; Golovatch, Sergei; Short, Megan; Stoev, Pavel; Wesener, Thomas (2015). "Diplopoda — Taxonomic Overview". In Minelli, Alessandro (ed.). The Myriapoda. Vol. 2. Leiden, The Netherlands: Koninklijke Brill NV. p. 412. ISBN 978-90-04-15612-8.