''Selenocheir'' is a genus of

flat-backed millipede Polydesmida (from the Greek language, Greek ''poly'' "many" and ''desmos'' "bond") is the largest order (biology), order of millipedes, with more than 5,000 species, including all the millipedes reported to produce hydrogen cyanide (HCN). This or ...

s in the family

Xystodesmidae Xystodesmidae is a family of millipedes in the suborder Leptodesmidea within the order Polydesmida (the "flat-backed" or "keeled" millipedes). The family Xystodesmidae was created by the American biologist Orator F. Cook in 1895 and named after ...

. There are at least three described species in ''Selenocheir''.

Species

These three species belong to the genus ''Selenocheir'': * '' Selenocheir arcuata'' Shelley, 1994 * '' Selenocheir directa'' Shelley, 1994 * '' Selenocheir sinuata'' Shelley, 1994

Species

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