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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Flat-backed Millipedes (Polydesmida) » Xystodesmidae » Apheloriini
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Millipede
Copyright © 2005 Jonathan Burishkin

Millipede
Collegedale, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA
November 14, 2005
What species is this one?
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Contributed by Jonathan Burishkin on 22 November, 2005 - 10:10am
Last updated 7 October, 2013 - 12:51pm

Moved and cropped.
Moved from Flat-backed Millipedes and cropped to enhance detail.
… Sam McNally, 7 October, 2013 - 12:51pm login or register to post comments

Hamilton Co., TN, millipede
This photo is one of two species: either it is another and different species of Sigmoria (definitely not S. l. latior [=S. aberrans]) or a species of the related genus Brachoria. It is not possible to discern them from a dorsal view photo like this. The species of Sigmoria and Brachoria that occur in this part of Tennessee typically have more of a blue band connecting the paranotal (lateral segmental expansions on the dorsa) marking than this individual exhibits.
… Rowland Shelley, 5 March, 2007 - 8:18pm login or register to post comments

Species?
Well, I can tell you it is one of the flat-backed millipedes, or polydesmid, but my understanding of millipede classification is so embryonic that I'm not sure if polydesmids are an order, a family, or some other level of classification:-) Its a start anyway. Great image!
… Eric R. Eaton, 22 November, 2005 - 10:28am login or register to post comments

 
Im looking in a book
And the closest match I can find is (Species) Sigmoria aberrans in the Order Polydesmida. Is that correct?
… Jonathan Burishkin, 22 November, 2005 - 12:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Order is correct.
The order would be correct, but you would probably have to key out the specimen to get a genus and species (family, too, for that matter).
… Eric R. Eaton, 22 November, 2005 - 12:37pm login or register to post comments

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