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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Flat-backed Millipedes (Polydesmida) » Xystodesmidae » Rhysodesmini » Pachydesmus
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? - Pachydesmus
Copyright © 2014 Genethib

? - Pachydesmus
Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA
September 4, 2008

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? - Pachydesmus ? - Pachydesmus
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Contributed by Genethib on 2 August, 2014 - 7:54pm
Last updated 13 September, 2014 - 9:23am

Moved
Moved from Flat-backed Millipedes.
… john and jane balaban, 13 September, 2014 - 9:23am login or register to post comments

Pachydesmus ?clarus (Polydesm
Pachydesmus ?clarus (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae: tribe Pachydesmini). It is a xystodesmid but in a different tribe from most that we see.
… Rowland Shelley, 12 September, 2014 - 6:53pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Genethib, 24 August, 2014 - 12:08pm login or register to post comments

Not Oxidus
It is a flat-backed millipede, but not Oxidus gracilus, which has pronounced transverse grooves on each segment. Compare:

It appears to me to be in Xystodesmidae, I am not familiar enough with your area to narrow down further. A similar example (NOT an ID):
… Jeff Brown, 2 August, 2014 - 8:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thank you. It seems I am far more confident than I should be in my identification. I will have to be more careful in the future.
… Genethib, 2 August, 2014 - 9:08pm login or register to post comments

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