The millipede family Siphonorhinidae, of which the new species is an ancient ancestor, still lives today and includes four ...

Xystodesmus fasciatus, with up to 19 segments, was discovered in a Japanese cedar forest on the Satsuma peninsula and is named for its “vividly banded” body made up of alternating “pale-greyish” and ...

Protosiphonorhinus patrickmuelleri, or the Patrick Müller Siphonorhinus ancestor, comes from a genus of small millipedes, and reaches a length of about a quarter of an inch long, researchers said.