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For the United States & Canada

Family Polydesmidae

Pseudopolydesmus serratus - male Polydesmus sp - Polydesmus Pseudopolydesmus paludicolus - female polydesmid? Pennsylvania - female Another Arthropoda ID - Pseudopolydesmus Flat- backed Millipede (Eurymerodesmus) ? - Pseudopolydesmus Flat-backed millipede (Pseudopolydesmus serratus)? - Pseudopolydesmus serratus Flat-backed Millipede - Pseudopolydesmus sp - Pseudopolydesmus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)
Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)
Order Polydesmida (Flat-backed Millipedes)
Family Polydesmidae
Explanation of Names
Polydesmidae Leach 1815
Numbers
~40 spp. in 7 genera in NA • ~550 spp. in 56 genera total(1)
Range
Northern Hemisphere