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Species Polyxenus lagurus

Not a derm*estid larva! - Polyxenus lagurus

Another Tufted Millipede - Polyxenus lagurus

Mother-lode of tufted millipedes - Polyxenus lagurus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)

Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)

Order Polyxenida (Bristly Millipedes)

Family Polyxenidae

Genus Polyxenus

Species lagurus (Polyxenus lagurus)

Explanation of Names

Polyxenus lagurus (Linnaeus 1758)

lagurus 'hare-tailed'

Range

Holarctic(1)

Works Cited

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

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 6 March, 2007 - 7:35pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Chuck Entz, v belov, biosam
Last updated 1 November, 2023 - 5:50pm

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