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Fennellia ovipes Loomis, 1941

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Fennellia ovipes Loomis, 1941
Name authority
Loomis, 1941
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Diplopoda
Family
Pyrgodesmidae
Genus
Fennellia
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: yes. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumArthropoda
  4. subphylumMyriapoda
  5. classDiplopoda de Blainville in Gervais, 1844
  6. subclassChilognatha Latreille, 1802/1803
  7. infraclassHelminthomorpha Pocock, 1887
  8. subterclassEugnatha Attems, 1898
  9. superorderMerocheta Cook, 1895
  10. infraorderOniscodesmoides Simonsen, 1990
  11. superfamilyPyrgodesmoidea Silvestri, 1896
  12. familyPyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 1896
  13. genusFennellia Loomis, 1941
  14. speciesFennellia ovipes Loomis, 1941

Close classified relatives

No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.

Browse 26 records assigned to Pyrgodesmidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Loomis, H. F. (1941). New genera and species of Millipeds from the Southern peninsula of Haiti. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 31: 188–195. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:3DYDX. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.