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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Flat-backed Millipedes (Polydesmida) » Xystodesmidae » Apheloriini » Apheloria » Apheloria virginiensis » Apheloria virginiensis reducta
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Millipede - Apheloria virginiensis
Copyright © 2008 Charles Schurch Lewallen

Millipede - Apheloria virginiensis
Henryetta, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA
September 18, 2008
Size: aprox. 2.5 inches
Xystodesmidae?
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Contributed by Charles Schurch Lewallen on 18 September, 2008 - 12:55pm
Last updated 19 September, 2008 - 6:29pm

Moved
Moved from Millipedes.
… Ken Schneider, 19 September, 2008 - 6:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Millipede
Thanks Ken.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 19 September, 2008 - 8:26pm login or register to post comments

This looks like an individual
This looks like an individual of Apheloria virginiensis reducta (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae). The color pattern is unusual in that the base color is a sort of brownish red rather than ebony black, but this could be explained if the individual had molted relatively recently and had not had time yet to fully harden & tan (e. g. fully develop the adult coloration. Rowland Shelley
… Rowland Shelley, 18 September, 2008 - 9:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Millipede
Thank you, Rowland.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 19 September, 2008 - 11:46am login or register to post comments

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