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Polyzoniid Millipede - Petaserpes cryptocephalus
Copyright © 2011 tom murray

Polyzoniid Millipede - Petaserpes cryptocephalus
Greenfield, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
April 26, 2011
Size: 8.3mm

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Contributed by tom murray on 26 April, 2011 - 10:25pm
Last updated 14 January, 2014 - 8:18pm

Moved
Moved from Petaserpes.
Thanks Derek.
… tom murray, 14 January, 2014 - 8:18pm login or register to post comments

These are indeed a species of
These are indeed a species of Petaserpes (Polyzoniida: Polyzoniidae). Rowland Shelley
… Rowland Shelley, 27 April, 2011 - 7:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Petaserpes sp.
Thanks Rowland. Is there any hope of getting any of these to species?
… tom murray, 27 April, 2011 - 7:50pm login or register to post comments

 
I think for this genus, we'd
I think for this genus, we'd need to see a male's gonopods. We could assign this to Petaserpes cryptocephalus based on the range, however. Shelley 1997 lists it as the only record from NH. The closest record for another species in the genus is from western New York.
… Derek Hennen, 14 January, 2014 - 7:58pm login or register to post comments

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