Kashmireumatidae
Kashmireumatidae is a family of millipedes belonging to the order Chordeumatida. This family includes eight species distributed among three genera. These millipedes are found in India, Nepal, China, and Vietnam.
Description
These millipedes have nearly cylindrical bodies and range from 5mm to 14mm in length. The adult males in this family feature simple posterior gonopods. Adult millipedes in this family have only 26 or 28 segments rather than the 30 segments usually found in this order. In the species Vieteuma topali, adults have 26 segments, whereas in all other species in this family, adults have 28 segments.In some species, the second leg pair in the adult female is vestigial, but in all other species in this family, the adult female has a normal leg pair instead. Thus, in the genus Lipseuma, the adult female has 46 pairs of walking legs, as one would normally expect in an adult female chordeumatidan with 28 segments. In the genus Kashmireuma, however, adult females have the same 28 segments but only 45 pairs of walking legs, with a "platosternite" where a second pair of normal legs would otherwise be.