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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Spirobolida » Spirobolidae » Narceus » Narceus americanus/annularis complex (Narceus americanus-annularis-complex)
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Millipede - Narceus americanus-annularis-complex
Copyright © 2006 Timothy Robert Nichols

Millipede - Narceus americanus-annularis-complex
Ridgeville, Mineral County, West Virginia, USA
May 4, 2006
Just weighing in from Mineral County West Virginia

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Contributed by Timothy Robert Nichols on 5 May, 2006 - 10:24pm
Last updated 7 March, 2007 - 10:11am

Moved
Moved from Spirobolida.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 7 March, 2007 - 10:11am login or register to post comments

Narceus americanus (Beauvois,
Narceus americanus (Beauvois, 1817) (Spirobolida: Spirobolidae) again, the most common millipede species in eastern North America.
… Rowland Shelley, 6 March, 2007 - 8:23pm login or register to post comments

Beautiful!
Any ideas of the size? That might narrow down the ID. The cylindrical shape makes it a spirobolid, at least - I will move to that level in the guide.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 5 May, 2006 - 10:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Hannah.
I didn't measure (I need to start carrying a ruler) but I estimate that this specimen was about 3 inches long. I hope that helps.
www.timothynichols.com
… Timothy Robert Nichols, 8 May, 2006 - 10:16am login or register to post comments

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