Phylogeny of stenophorid gregarines from millipedes (Diplopoda)

Abstract

in the families Actinocephalidae, Dactylophoridae, Cnemodosporidae, and Monoductidae were described from millipedes, but the vast majority of these parasites belong to the family Stenophoridae, with more than 100 described species (Desportes, Schrével, 2013).Systematics of the gregarines from millipedes is mainly based on the morphological Responsible editor E.N. Temereva