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  6. Flat-backed Millipedes

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Flat-backed Millipedes

Polydesmida

Includes
149 native 8 introduced 6 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Leptodesmidea 128 native
  • Polydesmidea 21 native
  • Dalodesmidea
  • Strongylosomatidea

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native flat-backed millipedes All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Black-and-gold Flat Millipede Apheloria virginiensis 19,483 observations
  • Yellow-spotted Millipede Harpaphe haydeniana 18,273 observations
  • Common Pink Flat-back Pseudopolydesmus serratus 5,923 observations
  • Traveling Cherry Millipede Pleuroloma flavipes 4,476 observations
  • Xystocheir dissecta 4,301 observations
  • Georgia Flat-backed Millipede Cherokia georgiana 3,086 observations
  • Canadian Flat-back Millipede Pseudopolydesmus canadensis 2,480 observations
  • Log Lurker Euryurus leachii 1,988 observations
  • Nearctodesmus insulanus 971 observations
  • Pleuroloma cala 329 observations
  • Loam-dwelling Twisted-Claw Nannaria terricola 173 observations
  • Sigmocheir furcata 97 observations
  • Selenocheir sinuata 81 observations
  • Dicellarius bimaculatus 67 observations
  • Motyxia monica 49 observations
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