Tribe Apheloriini

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Works Cited

Millipede of some kind - Apheloria virginiensis

Flat-backed Millipede - Apheloria virginiensis

Flat backed millipede? - Rudiloria trimaculata

Apheloria virginiensis fungus - Apheloria virginiensis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)

Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)

Order Polydesmida (Flat-backed Millipedes)

Family Xystodesmidae

Tribe Apheloriini

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Aphelorini

see (1)

Explanation of Names

Apheloriini Hoffman 1980

Numbers

>130 spp. in 8 genera(2)

Identification

Telopodite-coxa joint articulated at 180° angle. Prefemoral process present, short and stout, or absent, never long, or acicular (Marek 2010)

Works Cited

1.	Phylogenetic systematics of the colorful, cyanide-producing millipedes of Appalachia (Polydesmida, Xystodesmidae,Apheloriini)... Marek P.E., Bond J.E. 2006. Mol. Biol. Evol. 41: 704–729.

2.	Sierwald P., Spelda J. (2023) MilliBase

Contributed by John F. Carr on 4 February, 2012 - 12:31pm
Additional contributions by v belov, biosam
Last updated 31 October, 2023 - 10:45pm

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