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Species Harpaphe haydeniana

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)
Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)
Order Polydesmida (Flat-backed Millipedes)
Family Xystodesmidae
Tribe Xystodesmini
Genus Harpaphe
Species haydeniana (Harpaphe haydeniana)
Explanation of Names
Harpaphe haydeniana (Wood 1864)
Numbers
6 sspp.
Size
up to 40 mm
Identification
see (1)
Range
West Coast: se.AK to Monterey Co., CA to the Sierra Nevada(1)
Habitat
moist forests
Remarks
secretes a dark fluid that has an odor similar to the almond extract(1)
See Also
H. telodonta (Humboldt and Del Norte co., CA) is slightly more brown in base color • H. pottera (Mendocino and Humboldt co., CA) requires examination of the gonopods to distinguish from H. haydeniana.
Chonaphe is quite similar in the same region.
Works Cited
1.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.