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millipede from Torreya State Park, FL - Sigmoria australis
Copyright © 2008 Gary R. Knight

millipede from Torreya State Park, FL - Sigmoria australis
Torreya State Park, Liberty County, Florida, USA
March 21, 2008
Sigmoria or Cherokia sp? It looks similar, at least to my uneducated eye, to the picture of Sigmoria australis, here
http://www.myriapoda.org/diplopoda/Xystodesmidae/Apheloriini/Sigmoria/slides/PEM-027-2003(2).html
which was taken at the same location, but I do not know the characters to use to differentiate the genera or spp.
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Contributed by David Almquist on 26 March, 2008 - 9:49am
Last updated 1 September, 2008 - 8:23pm

Where did the come from? Are
Where did the come from?
Are they harmful?
Are the poisness
… oobi196, 2 May, 2009 - 10:54am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Millipedes.
… john and jane balaban, 1 September, 2008 - 8:23pm login or register to post comments

It is Sigmoria (Cheiropus) au
It is Sigmoria (Cheiropus) australis Shelley, 1986, which is common in Torreya. Rowland Shelley
… Rowland Shelley, 1 September, 2008 - 8:19pm login or register to post comments

Sigmoria
Looks like this one to me.
… Sam Houston, 26 March, 2008 - 10:31am login or register to post comments

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