Pauropodidae is a family of pauropods in the order Tetramerocerata. This group is the most diverse family of pauropods, containing 27 genera and more than 800 species. These pauropods usually live in the soil on mountains and hills.
Description
Pauropods in this family are generally whitish and small, less than 2 mm in length. most adults in this family have nine pairs of legs, but adults in one genus, Cauvetauropus, have only eight pairs of legs, and female adults in another genus, Decapauropus, have nine or ten pairs of legs. The discovery of a pauropod in amber is surprising, given that pauropods inhabit the soil, avoid the surface, and thus are rarely trapped in tree resin.
Genera
This family includes 814 species distributed among 27 genera: