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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Flat-backed Millipedes (Polydesmida) » Polydesmidae » Pseudopolydesmus
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Millipedes-mating - Pseudopolydesmus
Copyright © 2016 gmcnett

Millipedes-mating - Pseudopolydesmus
Columbia, MO, Boone County, Missouri, USA
March 19, 2016
Size: approx 25 mm
Both individuals were caught in the wild, same county and city but different localities. The mating occurred after the second individual was caught and placed in with the first in an indoor terrarium. Photo taken through the ocular of a dissecting scope.

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Contributed by gmcnett on 21 March, 2016 - 7:45am
Last updated 21 March, 2016 - 9:26am

The most likely species in Mi
The most likely species in Missouri is Pseudopolydesmus pinetorum, but P. serratus is also a candidate. Unfortunately, we can't say which without checking the gonopods.
… Derek Hennen, 21 March, 2016 - 1:37pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Pseudopolydesmus, possibly Pseudopolydesmus serratus.
… Jeff Brown, 21 March, 2016 - 9:26am login or register to post comments

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