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Family Hirudisomatidae

Brachycybe? - Octoglena anura Millipede - Octoglena anura A Hirudisomatid? - Octoglena bivirgata Polyzoniid - Octoglena bivirgata Platydesmid? - Octoglena anura Unidentified Centipede/Millipede - Octoglena anura Unidentified Centipede/Millipede - Octoglena anura Octoglena anura? - Octoglena anura
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)
Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)
Order Polyzoniida
Family Hirudisomatidae
Explanation of Names
Hirudisomatidae Silvestri 1896
Numbers
5 spp. (all in Octoglena) in our area(1), 27 spp. in 8 genera total(2)
Range
holarctic (into s.Mexico); in our area, BC‒CA + 1 sp. in so.Appalachians(1)
Works Cited
1.Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America
Richard L. Hoffman. 1999. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications.
2.Sierwald P., Spelda J. (2023) MilliBase