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Tribe Apheloriini

Millipede out for a walk - Apheloria virginiensis Apheloria sp? - Apheloria montana Apheloria virginiensis corrugata - Apheloria virginiensis Possible Apheloria millipede? - Apheloria virginiensis millipede - Apheloria virginiensis? - Apheloria virginiensis Appalachioria eutypa ethotela - male Millipede_Apheloria_virginiensis04122019_OR - Apheloria virginiensis Apheloria virginiensis corrugata?  - 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)