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Genus Harpaphe

Harpaphe haydeniana Is this a flat-backed millipede? - Harpaphe haydeniana Pacific Forest Millipede, juv - Harpaphe haydeniana Black and yellow millipede-Harpaphe haydeniana? - Harpaphe haydeniana and a beautiful millipede - Harpaphe haydeniana Millipede - Harpaphe haydeniana millipede; probably a Harpaphe species? - Harpaphe millipede - Harpaphe
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)
Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)
Order Polydesmida (Flat-backed Millipedes)
Family Xystodesmidae
Tribe Xystodesmini
Genus Harpaphe
Explanation of Names
Harpaphe Cook 1904
Numbers
9 spp. total(1)
Identification
revised in (2)
Range
Pacific Coast from southern Alaska to central California (Monterey Co.), east to Sierra Nevada(3)(4)
Works Cited
1.Sierwald P., Spelda J. (2023) MilliBase
2.Revision of the milliped genus Harpaphe Cook from western North America (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae)
Buckett J.S., Gardner M.R. 1968. Calif. Dept. Agric. Bureau Entomol. Occ. Pap. 11: 1–51.
3.Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America
Richard L. Hoffman. 1999. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications.
4.Annotated Checklist of the Millipeds of California (Arthropoda: Diplopoda)
Rowland M. Shelley. 2002. Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist, 1: 90–115.