Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar

TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData

Family Spirobolidae

North American Millipede - Narceus americanus-annularis-complex Narceus Americanus - Narceus americanus-annularis-complex Millipede - Narceus americanus-annularis-complex Narceus americanus/annularis complex (Millipede) - Narceus americanus-annularis-complex Big Millipede - Narceus americanus-annularis-complex Narceus gordanus? - Floridobolus F. orini - Floridobolus orini Large millipede - Chicobolus spinigerus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)
Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)
Order Spirobolida
Family Spirobolidae
Explanation of Names
Spirobolidae Bollman 1893
Numbers
~140 spp. in 7 genera of 3 subfamilies total(1)
Size
4‒12 cm
Identification
Includes some of the largest millipedes in North America, much longer and wider than similar-looking Julida
Range
in our area:
Spirobolinae: Chicobolus SC‒FL · Narceus e.NA (QC‒FL to s.ON‒NE‒TX)
Tylobolinae: Hiltonius s.CA · Tylobolus OR‒CA
Print References
(2)
Works Cited
1.Sierwald P., Spelda J. (2023) MilliBase
2.A taxonomic study of the milliped family Spirobolidae (Diplopoda; Spirobolida)
Keeton, William. 1960. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 17: 1–146.