Striariidae is a family of

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s in the order

Chordeumatida Chordeumatida (from the Greek word for "sausage") is a large order of millipedes containing more than 1,400 species. Also known as sausage millipedes, they are found nearly worldwide. Chordeumatida is the largest order in the superorder Nemato ...

. Adult millipedes in this family have 30 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the

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as the last). There are at least 3 genera and about 13 described species in Striariidae.

Genera

There are currently three recognized genera in the family Striariidae: *'' Amplaria'' *'' Striaria'' Bollman, 1888 * '' Vaferia'' Causey, 1958

Genera

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