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Genus Rhinotus

Chordeumatida? - Rhinotus purpureus Unknown Millipede - Rhinotus purpureus Unknown Millipede - Rhinotus purpureus Unknown Millipede - Rhinotus purpureus Unidentified Millipede - Rhinotus purpureus Unidentified Millipede - Rhinotus purpureus Unidentified Millipede - Rhinotus purpureus Rhinotus purpureus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)
Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)
Order Polyzoniida
Family Siphonotidae
Genus Rhinotus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Rhinotus Cook 1896
Numbers
1 sp. (adventive) in our area, 21 spp. total(1)
Range
Neotropics, W.Africa, East Indies(2)
Works Cited
1.Sierwald P., Spelda J. (2023) MilliBase
2.Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America
Richard L. Hoffman. 1999. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications.
Contributed by Derek Hennen on 19 January, 2016 - 6:35pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 14 November, 2023 - 5:16pm

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