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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Pauropodans (Pauropoda) » Tetramerocerata » Eurypauropodoidea » Eurypauropodidae » Eurypauropus
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Cool pigmented Pauropod - Eurypauropus
Copyright © 2015 Tommy McElrath

Cool pigmented Pauropod - Eurypauropus
Athens, Oconee Forest Park, Clarke County, Georgia, USA
March 15, 2015
Size: ~0.5-2 mm
Pauropod from forest leaf litter sample, near the power line gap of Oconee Forest Park next to Lake Herrick on UGA's campus.

Tentatively ID'd by Paul Marek @apheloria on Twitter as Eurypauropus
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Contributed by Tommy McElrath on 16 July, 2015 - 9:32am
Last updated 6 April, 2023 - 2:05pm

Moved
Moved from Pauropodans.
… v belov, 6 April, 2023 - 2:05pm login or register to post comments

Eurypauropus is correct
The only genus of the family recorded from NA. The heavily sclerotized plates that cover both the head and pygidium are diagnostic for the group.
… Grant Wang, 4 April, 2023 - 11:57am login or register to post comments

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