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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Julida » Paeromopodidae

Family Paeromopodidae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
Paeromopus? - Paeromopus angusticeps Paeromopus sp? - Paeromopus Giant Millipede, antenna, no red bands - Paeromopus angusticeps unkn millipede - Californiulus yosemitensis Black Paeromopus? - Paeromopus angusticeps Male julidan - Paeromopus angusticeps - male Paeromopus angusticeps Paeromopus angusticeps
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)
Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)
Order Julida
Family Paeromopodidae
Explanation of Names
Paeromopodidae Cook 1895
Numbers
14 spp. in 2 genera, all in our area(1)(2)
Range
w.US
Remarks
contains North America's longest (6½") millipede (Yosemite NP) ―Rowland Shelley
Works Cited
1.Sierwald P., Spelda J. (2023) MilliBase
2. New records and species, and taxonomic alterations in the milliped family Paeromopodidae
Shelley, R.M. and S.B. Bauer. 1997. Entomological News 108(1): 1-14.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 1 September, 2008 - 8:07pm
Additional contributions by v belov, biosam
Last updated 10 November, 2023 - 3:38pm

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