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Family Andrognathidae

Millipede in Cave Point Cave, probably Brachycybe sp. - Brachycybe lecontii

Brachycybe rosea in Nevada City, California - Brachycybe

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)

Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)

Order Platydesmida

Family Andrognathidae

Explanation of Names

Andrognathidae Cope 1869

Numbers

5 genera in our area(1), 12 genera, 32 species total(2)

Range

Southeastern US (Andrognathus and Brachycybe, in part) and Pacific states (WA-CA)(1)

Habitat

under bark or beneath logs

Internet References

List of genera

Works Cited

1.	Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America Richard L. Hoffman. 1999. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications.

2.	Class Diplopoda de Blainville in Gervais, 1844. In: Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification. William Shear. 2011. Zootaxa, 3148, 159–164.

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 16 April, 2005 - 6:53pm
Additional contributions by v belov, biosam
Last updated 11 September, 2015 - 8:12am

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