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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Flat-backed Millipedes (Polydesmida) » Nearctodesmidae » Nearctodesmus
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5640 - Nearctodesmus
Copyright © 2017 Don Loarie

5640 - Nearctodesmus
Mendocino County, California, USA
March 3, 2017
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Contributed by Don Loarie on 4 March, 2017 - 5:25pm
Last updated 5 March, 2017 - 12:58pm

Cool find! Both Nearctodesmus
Cool find! Both Nearctodesmus cerasinus and N. salix are known from Mendocino County, California.
… Derek Hennen, 5 March, 2017 - 1:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Whats your source for that De
Whats your source for that Derek? This record is for N. salix is from Del Norte http://bugguide.net/node/view/359927
Also - any tips on how to separate the species?
… Scott Loarie, 8 March, 2017 - 10:13am login or register to post comments

 
Hey Scott, my source is Dr. S
Hey Scott, my source is Dr. Shelley's paper on the family:

Shelley, Rowland M. “The Milliped Family Nearctodesmidae in Northwestern North America, with Accounts of Sakophallus and S. Simplex Chamberlin (Polydesmida).” Canadian Journal of Zoology 72, no. 3 (March 1, 1994): 470–95. doi:10.1139/z94-066.

As far as I know, you can only separate species based on the male gonopods, but I don't have much experience with the species, so maybe there are other body characters that are helpful. The Shelley paper provides a helpful distribution map for the species though, which is how I identified this one. If you need access to the paper, let me know and I'd be happy to send you a PDF.
… Derek Hennen, 8 March, 2017 - 10:24am login or register to post comments

 
awesome thanks! - yeah I'd lo
awesome thanks! - yeah I'd love a pdf copy if you have one - I'm at sloarie at calacademy.org
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