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A new North American region colonized by the Australian millipede Akamptogonus novarae (Humbert & DeSaussure, 1869)...

By Recuero E., García-París M.
North-Western J. Zool. 12: 385‒389, 2016

Full title: A new North American region colonized by the Australian millipede Akamptogonus novarae (Humbert & DeSaussure, 1869) (Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae), with a key for the known Paradoxosomatidae species from North and Central America and the Caribbean Islands.
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Contributed by v belov on 1 November, 2023 - 9:09pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Flat-backed Millipedes (Polydesmida) » Xystodesmidae

A species catalog of the millipede family Xystodesmidae (Diplopoda: Polydesmida)

By Paul Marek, Tsutomu Tanabe & Petra Sierwald
Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications, 2014

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Contributed by Hisserdude on 16 November, 2018 - 4:38pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Flat-backed Millipedes (Polydesmida) » Xystodesmidae

A new diplopod of the genus Caralinda Hoffman from South Carolina (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae)

By Rowland M. Shelley
Myriapodologica 6(15): 147-150, 2000

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Contributed by Iustin Cret on 12 November, 2018 - 9:19am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Flat-backed Millipedes (Polydesmida) » Xystodesmidae

Parcipromus, n. gen., a xystodesmid milliped genus from the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California (Polydesmida)

By Rowland M. Shelley
Myriapodologica 3(7): 53-70, 1995

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new genus: Parcipromus Shelley, 1995

Contributed by Iustin Cret on 12 November, 2018 - 7:17am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Flat-backed Millipedes (Polydesmida) » Xystodesmidae

The status of Cleptoria divergens (Chamberlin) (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae)

By Rowland M. Shelley
Myriapodologica 1: 81-89, 1983

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unaccepted as Sigmoria divergens

accepted name Prionogonus divergens (Chamberlin, 1939)

Contributed by Iustin Cret on 12 November, 2018 - 5:31am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Flat-backed Millipedes (Polydesmida) » Xystodesmidae

A New Milliped of the genus Parvulodesmus Shelley from North Carolina, with Rediagnoses of the Genus and P.prolixogonus ...

By Rowland M. Shelley
Myriapodologica 7: 77-84, 2001

Full title: A New Milliped of the genus Parvulodesmus Shelley from North Carolina, with Rediagnoses of the Genus and P.prolixogonus
Shelley Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae)
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Contributed by Iustin Cret on 12 November, 2018 - 5:01am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Flat-backed Millipedes (Polydesmida) » Polydesmidae

The identity of Polydesmus sastianus Chamberlin, proposal of a new milliped genus, and ...

By Rowland M. Shelley
Myriapodologica 4(8): 60-67, 1997

Full title: The identity of Polydesmus sastianus Chamberlin, proposal of a new milliped genus, and remarks on the identity of Phreatodesmus hastingsus (Chamberlin) (Polydesmida: Polydesmidae)

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new genus: Calianotus

Contributed by Iustin Cret on 12 November, 2018 - 8:34am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Flat-backed Millipedes (Polydesmida) » Polydesmidae

The identity of Alpertia lunatifrons Loomis, with records of introduced polydesmids from northwestern North America ...

By Rowland M. Shelley
Myriapodologica 4(3): 17-20, 1996

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Contributed by Iustin Cret on 12 November, 2018 - 7:38am

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