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    Xystodesmidae is a family of millipedes in the suborder Leptodesmidea within the order Polydesmida (the "flat-backed" or "keeled" millipedes). The family...
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    reproductive organs (gonopods). The genus Harpaphe is in the family Xystodesmidae, which contains several other species with similar markings, including...
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    cherry millipede, is a species of flat-backed millipede in the family Xystodesmidae. It has the widest distribution of any species of xystodesmid millipede...
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  • This is a list of 80 genera in Xystodesmidae, a family of flat-backed millipedes in the order Polydesmida. Anombrocheir Buckett & Gardner, 1969 i c g...
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    milliped genus Harpaphe Cook from western North America (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae)". Occasional Papers of the Bureau of Entomology. 11. California Department...
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    or Taylor Swift's millipede, is a species of millipede in the family Xystodesmidae. It is found only in the Appalachian mountains of the U.S. state of...
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    millipede, is a large North American flat-backed millipede in the family Xystodesmidae. It is reported to secrete cyanide compounds as a defense. It is recommended...
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    Pachydesmus crassicutis is a species of flat-backed millipede in the family Xystodesmidae. It is found in North America. These eight subspecies belong to the...
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    Apheloria montana is a species of flat-backed millipede in the family Xystodesmidae. It is found in North America. "Apheloria montana Report". Integrated...
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    "Revision of the millipede genus Parafontaria Verhoeff, 1936 (Diplopoda, Xystodesmidae)". Journal of Natural History. 36 (18): 2139–2183. Bibcode:2002JNatH...
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    Xystocheir dissecta is a species of flat-backed millipede in the family Xystodesmidae. It is found in North America. If threatened, X. dissecta can release...
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    29 families, the largest (numerically) including Paradoxosomatidae, Xystodesmidae, and Chelodesmidae. Dalodesmidea Hoffman, 1980. 2 families Dalodesmidae...
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    Apheloria is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae, occurring in the central and southeastern United States, and ranging as far...
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  • Sigmoria nigrimontis is a species of flat-backed millipede in the family Xystodesmidae. It is found in North America. These four subspecies belong to the species...
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    Boraria is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae. There are about seven described species in Boraria. These seven species belong...
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  • Thumbnail for Sigmoria nantahalae
    Sigmoria nantahalae is a species of flat-backed millipede in the family Xystodesmidae. It is found in North America. "Sigmoria nantahalae Report". Integrated...
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    millipede, this species belongs to the order Polydesmida and the family Xystodesmidae. It inhabits forests in the southeastern United States, particularly...
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  • Sigmoria latior is a species of flat-backed millipede in the family Xystodesmidae. It is found in North America. These four subspecies belong to the species...
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  • Boraria stricta is a species of flat-backed millipede in the family Xystodesmidae. It is found in North America. "Boraria stricta Report". Integrated...
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    as twisted-claw millipedes, is a genus of millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae first described by Ralph Chamberlin in 1918. In 2022, entomologists...
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  • rubromarginata is a species of flat-backed millipede in the family Xystodesmidae. It is found in North America. "Sigmoria rubromarginata Report". Integrated...
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    Xystocheir brachymacris is a species of flat-backed millipede in the family Xystodesmidae. It is found in North America. "Xystocheir brachymacris Report". Integrated...
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  • millipede genus Nannaria Chamberlin, 1918 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Xystodesmidae)". ZooKeys (1030): 1–180. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1030.62544. PMC 8060247...
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  • Thumbnail for Sigmoria australis
    Sigmoria australis is a species of flat-backed millipede in the family Xystodesmidae. It is found in North America. "Sigmoria australis Report". Integrated...
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  • Thumbnail for Boraria deturkiana
    Boraria deturkiana is a species of flat-backed millipede in the family Xystodesmidae. It is found in North America. "Boraria deturkiana Report". Integrated...
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    Xystocheirini display some of the brightest fluorescence of the U.S. Xystodesmidae species). Most uniquely they are bioluminescent: emitting light of their...
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  • Nannaria terricola is a species of flat-backed millipede in the family Xystodesmidae. It is found in the Great Lakes region of the United States. "Nannaria...
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    Arthropoda Subphylum: Myriapoda Class: Diplopoda Order: Polydesmida Family: Xystodesmidae Genus: Apheloria Species: A. virginiensis Binomial name Apheloria virginiensis...
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    millipede genus Nannaria Chamberlin, 1918 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Xystodesmidae)". ZooKeys (1030): 1–180. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1030.62544. PMC 8060247...
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    Pachydesmus is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae. There are about 12 described species in Pachydesmus. These 12 species belong...
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