What is "mardonius"

Mardonius (; died 479 BC) was a leading Persian military commander during the Persian Wars with Greece in the early 5th century BC who died at the Battle of Platea.

Mardonius is a genus of giant African millipedes in family Spirostreptidae, containing nine species:

• Mardonius aculeatus Attems, 1914
• Mardonius brasilianus Attems, 1950
• Mardonius cerasopus Attems, 1914
• Mardonius interruptus (Brölemann, 1902)
• Mardonius legationis Attems 1950
• Mardonius nakitawa (Silvestri, 1907)
• Mardonius parvus Demange & Mauriès, 1975
• Mardonius rusticus Attems, 1950
• Mardonius sculpturatus Attems, 1914