Devillea (millipede)
''Devillea'' is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae. These millipedes are rare and limited to caves. Species in this genus are found in Sardinia, Capri, and southern France in the Maritime Alps. These species are notable for featuring more than the 20 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last) usually found in the order Polydesmida. This genus is one of only two genera in this order to feature these extra segments and the first such genus to be discovered. Discovery The French myriapodologist Henri W. Brölemann created this genus to contain the newly discovered type species '' D. tuberculata'' in 1902. The original descriptions of this genus and this species are based on multiple specimens of each sex collected from caves near Tourettes-sur-Loup and in Saint-Jeannet near Vence, both in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region of southern France in the Maritime Alps. Brölemann named this genus for M.J. Sainte ...
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