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Long dark millipede - Tylobolus uncigerus
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Long dark millipede - Tylobolus uncigerus
Near Black Butte Lake, Tehama County, California, USA
May 8, 2010
Size: ~ 10 cm
Can be frassed if not helpful - attempt at details of head.

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Long dark millipede - Tylobolus uncigerus Long dark millipede - Tylobolus uncigerus Long dark millipede - Tylobolus uncigerus
Contributed by Ken Schneider on 11 May, 2010 - 10:49pm
Last updated 1 April, 2014 - 11:57pm

Moved
Moved from Tylobolus.
… Sam McNally, 1 April, 2014 - 11:57pm

Moved
Moved from Millipedes. Thank you!
… Ken Schneider, 13 May, 2010 - 4:43pm

I guess it's a Spirobolida, a
I guess it's a Spirobolida, and while it looks more like the family, Atopetholidae, there shouldn't be any atopetholids anywhere near Tehama Co. The only possibility left, therefore, is a species of Tylobolus (Spirobolida: Spirobolidae). Rowland Shelley
… Rowland Shelley, 13 May, 2010 - 4:34pm

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