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Apheloria virginiensis, the Kentucky flat millipede, [1] is a large North American millipede. It gets its name from the yellow and orange markings on its back that give it a flattened appearance. [2] It is reported to secrete cyanide compounds as a defense mechanism.
Apheloria is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae, occurring in the central and southeastern United States, and ranging as far north as southern Quebec, Canada. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They are aposematically colored in black and contrasting reds and yellows, and some species in the Appalachian Mountains resemble species of ...
Polydesmida (from the Greek poly "many" and desmos "bond") is the largest order of millipedes, with more than 5,000 species, [2] [3] including all the millipedes reported to produce hydrogen cyanide (HCN). [4] This order is also the most diverse of the millipede orders in terms of morphology. [5]
Xystodesmidae is a family of millipedes in the suborder Leptodesmidea within the order Polydesmida (the "flat-backed" or "keeled" millipedes). [1] The family Xystodesmidae was created by the American biologist Orator F. Cook in 1895 and named after the genus Xystodesmus. [2] [3] This family includes more than 390 known species distributed among ...
Under a microscope, the millipede with its 486 legs and helmet-like head resembles a creature in a Hollywood monster film. The City of Angels, a metropolis of freeways and traffic, has a newly ...
Apheloriini is a tribe of millipedes within the subfamily Rhysodesminae. [2] [3] As of December 2024, MilliBase accepted the following genera in the tribe Apheloriini: [1] Apheloria Chamberlin, 1921; Appalachioria Marek & Bond, 2006; Brachoria Chamberlin, 1939; Daphnedesmus Marek, Means & Hennen, 2021; Deltotaria Causey, 1942; Rudiloria Causey ...
P. Pachydesmini; Pachydesmus; Pachydesmus crassicutis; Pandirodesmus; Paradoxosomatidae; Paradoxosomatini; Parafontaria; Paranedyopus simplex; Platyrhacidae; Pleuroloma
Pages in category "Millipedes of North America" The following 113 pages are in this category, out of 113 total. ... Apheloria tigana; Apheloria virginiensis ...