Genus Blaniulus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

Little Spotted Millipede - Blaniulus guttulatus

Tiny Spotted Millipedes - Blaniulus guttulatus

Blaniulus guttulatus ? - Blaniulus guttulatus

spotted snake millipede - Blaniulus guttulatus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)

Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)

Order Julida

Family Blaniulidae

Genus Blaniulus

Explanation of Names

Blaniulus Gervais 1836

Numbers

17 spp. total(1)

Range

w.Palearctic; 1 sp. subcosmopolitan (anthropochore), nearly ubiquitous in urbanized & cultivated areas in NA(2)

Works Cited

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

2.	Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America Richard L. Hoffman. 1999. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications.

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 6 March, 2007 - 9:35pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 14 November, 2023 - 4:31pm

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