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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
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

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

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