Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Family Spirostreptidae

Brewster County Texas Milliped - Orthoporus ornatus Millipede? - Orthoporus ornatus Millipede - Orthoporus ornatus Millipede - Orthoporus Orthoporus sp. - O. ornatus or O. texicolens? - Orthoporus Orthoporus sp. - O. ornatus or O. texicolens? - Orthoporus Orthoporus ornatus  - Orthoporus ornatus Orthoporus ornatus - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)
Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)
Order Spirostreptida
Family Spirostreptidae
Explanation of Names
Spirostreptidae Brandt 1833
Numbers
6 spp. (all Orthoporus) in our area, ~850 spp. in 100 genera of 5 tribes total(1)
Range
New World, e. Mediterranean, Africa