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Big one
Copyright © 2010 R. Berg

Big one
Alameda County, California, USA
January 31, 2010
Size: ~1 5/8 in., 4.1 cm
Found walking on disturbed ground where loose section of buddleia had just been pulled out.
Contributed by R. Berg on 31 January, 2010 - 7:15pm
Last updated 2 February, 2010 - 10:37pm

Moved
Moved from Polydesmida.
… v belov, 2 February, 2010 - 10:37pm

Besides Harpaphe, the only Xy
Besides Harpaphe, the only Xystodesmidae known in Alameda Co. are representatives of the genus Xystocheir. The picture doesn't look like Xystocheir sp. to me, but I don't know what else it could be and it definitely is not Harpaphe. Rowland Shelley
… Rowland Shelley, 1 February, 2010 - 6:18pm

 
Does that mean . . .
it stays in ID limbo until someone finds another one in this county?
… R. Berg, 1 February, 2010 - 8:49pm

suspect Pseudopolydesmus
not an ID!
… v belov, 1 February, 2010 - 6:21am

Moved
Moved from Millipedes.
… John F. Carr, 31 January, 2010 - 8:40pm

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