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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Flat-backed Millipedes (Polydesmida) » Xystodesmidae » Rhysodesmini » Boraria » Boraria stricta
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Millipede - Xystodesmidae - Boraria stricta
Copyright © 2012 Seth Ausubel

Millipede - Xystodesmidae - Boraria stricta
Bedford/Mianus River Gorge, Westchester County, New York, USA
June 24, 2012
Size: 1.5 inches
This looks very much like Boraria or Harpaphe, but neither are shown in Bugguide to occur in the Northeast. These millipedes are abundant in wet areas of the Mianus River Gorge. I have never seen them elsewhere in New York.
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Contributed by Seth Ausubel on 24 June, 2012 - 7:51pm
Last updated 7 October, 2013 - 1:15pm

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… john and jane balaban, 7 October, 2012 - 9:20pm login or register to post comments

It's Boraria stricta, which h
It's Boraria stricta, which has been introduced up there from the southern Appalachians, probably with plants. Rowland Shelley
… Rowland Shelley, 7 October, 2012 - 9:16pm login or register to post comments

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… john and jane balaban, 22 July, 2012 - 11:23am login or register to post comments

Boraria stricta?
I had some time to look at this further considering Apheloriini and Rysodesmini species likely in NY. Apheloria virginiensis should have banded yellow pattern. A. tigana should have yellow spots on first anterior and last several caudal segments. Pleuroloma flavipes should have wrinkled scales on caudal segments. B. stricta seems to fit though there is only one photo on bugguide (from South Carolina). The yellow spots on the margins of the scales are triangular and distinct.
… Seth Ausubel, 20 July, 2012 - 9:41am login or register to post comments

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