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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Crested Millipedes (Callipodida) » Abacionidae » Abacion
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Millepede IMG_2178 - Abacion
Copyright © 2014 Steve Nanz

Millepede IMG_2178 - Abacion
Dousman, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, USA
September 15, 2012
Size: ~45 mm
Abacion sp.?

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Contributed by Steve Nanz on 3 May, 2014 - 2:44am
Last updated 4 May, 2014 - 3:07am

Size
I added an image to show size compared to my index finger. I am guessing it was about 45 mm long.

Thank you both for the ID info.
… Steve Nanz, 4 May, 2014 - 3:07am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Millipedes.
… Steve Nanz, 4 May, 2014 - 3:02am login or register to post comments

I think tesselatum; looks to0
I think tesselatum; looks to0 large for texense
… Rowland Shelley, 3 May, 2014 - 3:51pm login or register to post comments

Yep! Beautiful photo, the cre
Yep! Beautiful photo, the crests show up very nicely. Only A. tesselatum has been reported from Wisconsin so far (Shelley 1984), but A. texense has been reported right across the border in Minnesota. Species can't be identified without looking at the male sexual structures (gonopods).
… Derek Hennen, 3 May, 2014 - 2:44pm login or register to post comments

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