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Unknown Polydesmida - Pachydesmus crassicutis - female
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Unknown Polydesmida - Pachydesmus crassicutis - Female
Mississippi, USA
May 3, 2006
Any ideas as to the ID of this millipede?
Contributed by padkison on 20 July, 2006 - 6:07am
Last updated 7 March, 2007 - 9:59pm

Moved
Moved from Polydesmida.
… john and jane balaban, 7 March, 2007 - 9:58pm

Mississippi
This millipede is a female of an unknown subspecies of Pachydesmus crassicutis (Wood) (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae). It is the largest bodied xystodesmid in the United States, and this is its typical color pattern. It is in a different tribe from the species of Apheloria, Sigmoria, Cherokia, etc.
… Rowland Shelley, 5 March, 2007 - 9:02pm

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