Tag Archive for 'Hirudicryptus'

To date, 14,232 millipede species have been described, with at least as many still awaiting discovery. Image credit: Vasquez-Valverde et al., doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2026.05.035.

Entomologists Reconstruct Evolutionary History of Millipedes

Jun 14, 2026 by Natali Anderson

Two elusive groups of millipedes, Siphoniulida and Siphonocryptida, were the last missing pieces in the evolutionary history of Earth’s oldest land animals,...