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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Flat-backed Millipedes (Polydesmida) » Xystodesmidae » Rhysodesmini » Pleuroloma
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Red-Sided Flat Millipede (Sigmoria aberrans) - Pleuroloma
Copyright © 2004 Rattlebox Photography

Red-Sided Flat Millipede (Sigmoria aberrans) - Pleuroloma
Tallahassee, Florida, USA
August 4, 2004
Reaches a length of up to 3", but typical specimens are a bit smaller. This is a very innocuous millipede that feeds mainly upon leaf detritus. Habitat range in the US is mainly in the south. Sometimes also called the Tennessee flat-backed millipede.
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Contributed by Rattlebox Photography on 6 August, 2004 - 1:29pm
Last updated 24 March, 2008 - 11:40am

Moved
Moved from Almond Millipede. Comments below suggest this is a Pleuroloma and not a Sigmoria.
… Cotinis, 24 March, 2008 - 11:40am login or register to post comments

Confused
Why is this under Sigmoria when Rowland says that it most likely is Pleuroloma? It would be safer to move it to family level.
Beutiful shot!
… Beatriz Moisset, 9 June, 2007 - 3:33pm login or register to post comments

I suspect this is Pleuroloma
I suspect this is Pleuroloma plana Shelley, 1980. It cannot be S. aberrans, which is a synonym of Sigmoria latior latior (Brolemann, 1900), which occurs from southern West Virginia to the "Triangle" region of North Carolina
… Rowland Shelley, 10 March, 2007 - 5:31pm login or register to post comments

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