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Uroblaniulus
Photo#365981
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kevin taylor
MILLEPEDE, DIPLOPODA?? -
Uroblaniulus
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Leonardtown, St. Mary's County, Maryland, USA
January 21, 2010
Size: ca. 25mm
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Contributed by
kevin taylor
on 21 January, 2010 - 10:26am
Last updated 5 February, 2010 - 7:22pm
The individual is a female as
The individual is a female as evidenced by the gap between the first and second pairs of legs and the short, triangular skeletal projection there. The female genitalia, or cyphopods, are located in this gap, down inside an aperture on the ventral surface of the exoskeleton. Rowland Shelley
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Rowland Shelley
, 28 January, 2010 - 6:57pm
Uroblaniulus sp. -- R.M. Shelley det.
his comment: "The decurved epiproct/telson gives this one away. It is a species of the genus
Uroblaniulus
(Julida: Parajulidae), a native millipede in North America"
[Kevin: please edit location data on other images to use proper format -- capitalization &c, and add size -- just like i did for you on this one. and keep posting your work on BG, too! thanks. =v=]
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v belov
, 28 January, 2010 - 10:34am
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v belov
, 28 January, 2010 - 8:20am