Species Andrognathus corticarius - Cope's Noodle Millipede

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)

Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)

Order Platydesmida

Family Andrognathidae

Genus Andrognathus

Species corticarius (Cope's Noodle Millipede)

Explanation of Names

Andrognathus corticarius Cope 1869

Size

11‒27 mm long, 1 mm wide

Identification

Thin and brown, 45‒70 segments, tergite 5 paranota bilobed

Range

PA‒IN to FL‒AL (map)

Habitat

Under logs

Food

Fungi

Remarks

our most common representative of the genus; one other species in NM

Print References

(1)(2)

Works Cited

1.	Cryptic diversity in Andrognathus corticarius Cope, 1869 and description of a new Andrognathus species from New Mexico ... Patricia L. Shorter, Derek A. Hennen, Paul E. Marek. ZooKeys 786:19-41.

2.	Revision of the millipede family Andrognathidae in the Nearctic region (Diplopoda, Platydesmida) Michael R. Gardner. 1975.

Contributed by Derek Hennen on 25 April, 2016 - 4:58pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 14 November, 2023 - 7:09pm

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