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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Polyzoniida » Polyzoniidae » Petaserpes » Petaserpes cryptocephalus
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Yellowish millipede - Petaserpes cryptocephalus
Copyright © 2013 Charley Eiseman

Yellowish millipede - Petaserpes cryptocephalus
Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
September 30, 2013
Found among the roots of a Morrow's honeysuckle bush I had just dug up.

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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 21 December, 2013 - 1:17pm
Last updated 14 January, 2014 - 12:37pm

Yes. Petaserpes ?cryptocephal
Yes. Petaserpes ?cryptocephala (Polyzoniida: Polyzoniidae). In Sept., I collected, but subsequently lost (slipped through my fingers and I couldn't find it in the leaves), an individual in Berkshire Co. east of Pittsfield.
… Rowland Shelley, 1 December, 2014 - 6:31pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Petaserpes.
Thanks!
… Charley Eiseman, 14 January, 2014 - 12:35pm login or register to post comments

Shelley 1997 lists Petaserpes
Shelley 1997 lists Petaserpes cryptocephalus as the species in Massachusetts. He lists a record from Franklin County, also at the end of September, so it seems you're pretty spot on with your sighting!
… Derek Hennen, 13 January, 2014 - 10:46pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Millipedes.
… Sam McNally, 21 December, 2013 - 7:56pm login or register to post comments

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