Order Platydesmida

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Range · Internet References · Works Cited

pinkish Calif. platydesmid - Brachycybe rosea

Brachycybe with eggs - Brachycybe - female

Brachycybe lecontii (?) - Brachycybe petasata

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)

Order Platydesmida

Numbers

Two Families. About a dozen species north of Mexico.

Identification

Flat with tiny heads and 30 to 192 body rings. In males the 9th and 10th pairs of legs are modified as sex organs (gonopods). The usual color is pink. The rough dorsal surface has a narrow longitudinal groove. (1)

Range

North America occurrence: southern West Virginia and central Kentucky to southern Alabama, Louisiana, and western Arkansas; Idaho; northern California (2)

Internet References

2 Kansas School Naturalist

Works Cited

1.	Spiders and Their Kin: A Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press By Herbert W. Levi, Lorna R. Levi, Nicholas Strekalovsky

Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 16 April, 2005 - 6:53pm
Last updated 5 October, 2005 - 3:23pm

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