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millipede, but what kind? - Boraria stricta

millipede, but what kind? - Boraria stricta
Bedford, New York, USA
My friend keeps finding lovely millipedes. I'm curious as to what species they are. Help!

sighting date missing, please fill in
Moved from Xystodesmidae.

Boraria stricta, see Dr. Shel
Boraria stricta, see Dr. Shelley's comment here:

Moved
Moved from Polydesmida.

Moved
Moved from Millipedes.

I should add that the specime
I should add that the specimens should be preserved before shipping in ordinary drugstore brand rubbing alcohol, which is about 70% isopropanol. Whenever i travel, I simply buy a small bottle of this in a drug- or grocery store. Rowland Shelley

Specimens
I will send your request on to Jackie (who found them). Maybe she can find you a couple the next time she visits her grandkids downstate. Will keep you posted. Thanks!

Would it be possible for you
Would it be possible for you or someone to send me some of these millipeds with at least one mature, adult male? It occurs to me that they may be Pleuroloma flavipes Rafinesque, 1820, which was described from "woods near Catskill New York." No authentic specimen of P.f. from NY state exists and a Neotype needs to be designated from an adult male; the species may exhibit this color pattern in this part of the country. My postal mailing and Fed Ex/UPS shipping addresses are below. Many thanks. Rowland Shelley

Rowland M. Shelley, Ph. D.
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