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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Flat-backed Millipedes (Polydesmida) » Xystodesmidae » Apheloriini
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Polydesmid of some sort? Flat millipede for sure.
Copyright © 2007 Tim McCormack

Polydesmid of some sort? Flat millipede for sure.
West Virginia, USA
August 11, 2006
Size: maybe 3.5 inches
I know it is a flat millipede of some sort (Polydesmidae), and probably a "red-sided flat millipede", but I have no idea how variable millipede species are.

The paranota on this one were yellow/orange and the striping was red, a reversal of the pictures I've seen of the red-sided millipede.

Sorry about the motion blur -- this little guy was moving *fast*! I also have video of this specimen, but the file is uncompressed and therefore unwieldy.
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Contributed by Tim McCormack on 28 March, 2007 - 10:20am
Last updated 4 February, 2012 - 12:49pm

Moved
Moved from Xystodesmidae.
… John F. Carr, 4 February, 2012 - 12:49pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Millipedes.
… john and jane balaban, 3 April, 2007 - 10:39pm login or register to post comments

This is a representative of t
This is a representative of the family Xystodesmidae, order Polydesmida, and coming from West Virginia, it could be a species of Apheloria, Brachoria, or Sigmoria (Rudiloria).
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