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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Flat-backed Millipedes (Polydesmida) » Xystodesmidae » Xystocheirini » Xystocheir
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Xystocheir sp.? - Xystocheir
Copyright © 2017 Alice Abela

Xystocheir sp.? - Xystocheir
Laguna Mountain area, San Benito County, California, USA
February 18, 2017
Size: ~3cm
Found under felled wood in mixed oak conifer habitat

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Xystocheir sp.? - Xystocheir Xystocheir sp.? - Xystocheir
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Contributed by Alice Abela on 20 February, 2017 - 8:21pm
Last updated 10 March, 2017 - 9:18pm

Moved
Moved from Millipedes.
… Alice Abela, 10 March, 2017 - 9:18pm login or register to post comments

Beautiful specimen
This is a beautiful millipede and photograph, thank you for sharing.

I am not as familiar with California millipedes, but it is in the Tribe Xystocheirini, being either a Xystocheir as you suggested, or Motyxia.

I will wait for a second opinion.
… Jeff Brown, 21 February, 2017 - 3:39am login or register to post comments

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