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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Flat-backed Millipedes (Polydesmida) » Xystodesmidae » Chonaphini » Chonaphe
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next up this pede, not a good picture though, sorry - Chonaphe
Copyright © 2009 Happy Thug

next up this pede, not a good picture though, sorry - Chonaphe
Panther Creak Campground, stevenson County, Washington, USA
May 28, 2009
Size: 5inches
Found this guy while I was taking a walk during a camping trip. Seems pretty common to me, but couldn't find a picture of it on the site here.
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Contributed by Happy Thug on 16 June, 2009 - 2:06am
Last updated 5 February, 2012 - 8:46am

Moved
Moved from Xystodesmidae.
… v belov, 8 December, 2010 - 1:28pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Millipedes. I take the location to be near the town of Stevenson, Washington, about 40 miles east of Portland.
… John F. Carr, 15 November, 2009 - 7:52pm login or register to post comments

If this is from Stevens Co. i
If this is from Stevens Co. in NE WA, not Stevenson Co. according to my maps, then it can't be Harpaphe because this is much too far inland. It must therefore be a species of Chonaphe, perhaps C. schizoterminalis Shelley, 1994, which is in this area of the state. The body is also a bit too wide proportionate to the length to be Harpaphe. Rowland Shelley
… Rowland Shelley, 28 June, 2009 - 3:52pm login or register to post comments

 
location
I believe he meant it was near the town of Stevenson, in Skamania county in southwest WA (or, as John. F. Carr pointed out, about 40 mi east of Portland, OR). Cross referencing "Stevenson", "WA", and "Panther Creek campground" makes this the most likely spot.
… Matt "furryscaly" Reinbold, 6 September, 2012 - 12:53am login or register to post comments

Millipede.
Probably in the genus Harpaphe. Careful when handling these, as their defensive chemical secretion is a cyanide compound.
… Eric R. Eaton, 16 June, 2009 - 8:09am login or register to post comments

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