Family Euryuridae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Remarks

Flat backed Millipede - Euryurus leachii

Flat-back Millipede at Smith Lake - Euryurus evides

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)

Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)

Order Polydesmida (Flat-backed Millipedes)

Family Euryuridae

Explanation of Names

Euryuridae Pocock 1909

Numbers

2 genera, ca. 11 spp.

Remarks

"They are one of the few millipeds with a precise habitat; I always find euryurids in association with decaying hardwood/deciduous logs or stumps (rarely pine) near water sources like streams, creeks, seepages. If no water nearby, then no euryurids. They occur from the Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic Coast and from midway up Ohio, Indiana, & Illinois to the Gulf Coast and northern peninsular Florida. Only 2 genera, Auturus & Euryurus, and ca. 8-10 species." -- Rowland Shelley

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 3 April, 2007 - 10:36pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, v belov, biosam
Last updated 1 November, 2023 - 10:42pm

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