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Family Pyrgodesmidae

Millipede in rotting bark Pyrgodesmidae sp? Pyrgodesmidae sp? Pyrgodesmid? - Myrmecodesmus possible ant inquiline - Myrmecodesmus Poratia disparata? - Poratia poratia under stone - Poratia poratia under stone - Poratia
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)
Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)
Order Polydesmida (Flat-backed Millipedes)
Family Pyrgodesmidae
Explanation of Names
Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri 1896
Numbers
>400 spp. in ~170 genera total(1)
Size
Small, ≤8 mm