Rhiscosomides is a genus of small millipedes in the order Chordeumatida. The genus contains seven described species, and is the only genus in the family Rhiscosomididae.
Rhiscosomides millipedes are native to western North America. Adult millipedes in this family are small, and have 30 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last).
Species Rhiscosomides acovescor Shear, 1972 Rhiscosomides benedictae Shear, 1973 Rhiscosomides josephi Chamberlin, 1941 Rhiscosomides malcomi Shear, 1973 Rhiscosomides meineri Silvestri, 1909 Rhiscosomides montereum Chamberlin, 1910 Rhiscosomides trinitarium Shear, 1973
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