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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Spirobolida » Atopetholidae

Family Atopetholidae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
desert millipede - Onychelus obustus Atopetholidae with white and gold bands Atopetholidae with white and gold bands Sierra Millipede millipede Unusual millipede Eurelinae Eurelus - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)
Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)
Order Spirobolida
Family Atopetholidae
Explanation of Names
Atopetholidae Chamberlin 1918
Numbers
~60 spp. in 15 genera total(1)
Size
21‒70 mm
Identification
Collum and margin of second pleurotergite end at the same level, margin of collum angles caudad to the caudolateral corner; second ring not produced below the corners of the collum
Range
w/sw US: CA to UT & TX
Habitat
they stay underground for long periods of time, not coming to the surface until after rains
Works Cited
1.Sierwald P., Spelda J. (2023) MilliBase
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 9 March, 2007 - 1:40pm
Additional contributions by v belov, DerekHennen
Last updated 6 November, 2023 - 8:37pm

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