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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Flat-backed Millipedes (Polydesmida) » Polydesmidae
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Millipede
Copyright © 2008 John F. Carr

Millipede
Middlesex Fells, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
May 7, 2008
Size: ~2cm
Found in open woods near a trail.

A key I found online says the number of rings (~19) makes it Polydesmida.

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Contributed by John F. Carr on 7 May, 2008 - 8:30pm
Last updated 13 December, 2010 - 5:03am

Moved
Moved from Polydesmida. Rowland Shelley said in email that the ID was made on the wrong photo.
… John F. Carr, 13 December, 2010 - 5:03am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Millipedes.
… John F. Carr, 15 November, 2009 - 1:19pm login or register to post comments

It's not exact, but it looks
It's not exact, but it looks like Nearctodesmus sp. (Polydesmida: Nearctodesmidae). I forget the species that occurs in this area. Nearctodesmus & Nearctodesmidae range from the Queen Charlotte Islands, BC, southward along the Pacific Coast to San Francisco Bay, and they also occur in eastern Washington, northern Idaho, and western Montana as well as the interior of BC. Rowland Shelley
… Rowland Shelley, 15 November, 2009 - 10:51am login or register to post comments

 
East coast
This picture was taken in New England. Are any Nearctodesmidae found here?
… John F. Carr, 16 November, 2009 - 6:54pm login or register to post comments

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