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millipede - Comanchelus
Copyright © 2004 John & Barbara Moerk

millipede - Comanchelus
Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, USA
June 23, 2004
Size: 1 - 2"
This one is black - I previously submitted one that was reddish brown. Could they both be Desert Millipede (Orthoporus ornatus)?
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Contributed by John & Barbara Moerk on 1 September, 2005 - 3:48pm
Last updated 9 March, 2007 - 1:40pm

Moved
Moved from Millipedes.
… john and jane balaban, 9 March, 2007 - 1:40pm login or register to post comments

Atopetholidae
This is a species of Comanchelus, a representative of the family Atopetholidae (order Spirobolida), another family of moderately large to large-bodied cylindrical millipedes occurring in the southwestern US.
… Rowland Shelley, 6 March, 2007 - 8:41pm login or register to post comments

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