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Illacme is a genus of millipedes in the family Siphonorhinidae. It includes three species. It includes three species. Illacme plenipes was first described in 1928 from San Benito County , California, and rediscovered in 2005.
Illacme plenipes is a siphonorhinid millipede found in the central region of the U.S. state of California.It has up to 750 legs. One of three known species in the genus Illacme, it was first seen in 1926, but was not rediscovered until 2005, almost 80 years after its discovery, by Paul Marek, then a Ph.D. student at East Carolina University.
Video of a female I. socal millipede that was filmed in the laboratory, and within the soil from its microhabitat. Cedric Lee, who first discovered I. socal and Paul Marek, diplopodologist and expert on siphonorhinid millipedes, discuss its discovery and taxonomic species description on the New Species Podcast.
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Agenodesmus reticulatus is a species of millipede in the family Fuhrmannodesmidae, [1] which some authorities consider a junior synonym of Trichopolydesmidae. [2] [3] [4] This millipede is among the very few species in the order Polydesmida to feature adults with only 18 segments (including the telson) rather than the 20 segments usually found in this order. [5]
The millipede was discovered in Tham Pha Tha Phon non-hunting area in the Noen Maprang District, in north-central Thailand. Google Translate was used to translate the Facebook post from the Animal ...
Neocambrisoma raveni is a species of millipede in the family Metopidiotrichidae. [1] These millipedes are found in New South Wales in Australia. [2] Like other species in this family, N. raveni features 32 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last) in adults of both sexes, rather than the 30 segments usually observed in adults in the order Chordeumatida.
Narceus americanus is a large millipede of eastern North America. Common names include American giant millipede, [1] worm millipede, and iron worm. [2] It inhabits the eastern seaboard of North America west to Georgetown, Texas, north of the Ottine wetlands. [3] It has a nearly cylindrical gray body, reaching a length of 4 inches (100 mm). [4]