Anthroleucosomatidae Verhoeff, 1899

Kime, Richard Desmond & Enghoff, Henrik, 2021, Atlas of European millipedes 3: Order Chordeumatida (Class Diplopoda), European Journal of Taxonomy 769, pp. 1-244 : 32

Family Anthroleucosomatidae Verhoeff, 1899

This family is most diverse in the Balkans (Antić et al. 2020) and also in the Caucasus region where it is the only family of Chordeumatida ( Antić & Makarov 2016) . A few among the 43 European species occur in Italy and Corsica, and one ( Anamastigona pulchella (Silvestri, 1894)) is relatively widespread in W Europe and is one of the few chordeumatidans which have been introduced to Macaronesia, in casu Madeira. Further species are known from the Altai Mts, Siberia, and NW North America ( Shear 1988; Shear & Leonard 2004). This is the only European chordeumatidan family represented by an indigenous species in N America.