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Order Platydesmida

Brachycybe rosea in Nevada City, California - Brachycybe

Bracycybe producta, Sacramento - Brachycybe producta

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)

Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)

Order Platydesmida

Explanation of Names

Platydesmida Cook 1895

Numbers

About a dozen species in our area, all in Andrognathidae; close to 70 spp. in 14 genera of 2 families total(1)

Size

Up to 60 mm

Identification

Body flat with tiny heads and 30‒192 body rings. Eyes absent. Paranota always present. In males the 9th and 10th pairs of legs modified as gonopods. Body usually pink. The rough dorsum with a narrow groove.(2)

Range

in our area: s.WV & c.KY to s.AL, LA, and w.AR; ID; n. CA

See Also

Polyzoniida lack paranota and dorsal groove, and are more round than flat.

Works Cited

1.	Sierwald P., Spelda J. (2023) MilliBase

2.	Spiders and Their Kin: A Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press Herbert W. Levi, Lorna R. Levi, Nicholas Strekalovsky. 2001. St. Martin's Press.

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 16 April, 2005 - 6:53pm
Additional contributions by v belov, biosam
Last updated 14 November, 2023 - 9:09pm

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