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Aphelidesmidae

Almeida, Thaís Melo De;Shelley, Rowland M.;Rafael, José Albertino

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Aphelidesmidae

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Aphelidesmidae is a family of polydesmidan millipedes distributed in Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America.

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It is catalogued under topics including Millipede families and Polydesmida.

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FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassDiplopoda
  4. OrderPolydesmida
  5. FamilyAphelidesmidae

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Aphelidesmidae
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FMNH
Recorded in
Perú

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Aphelidesmidae is a family of polydesmidan millipedes distributed in Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America.

==Description== Aphelidesmids are often large and colorful, but many are dorsally dark with yellow tips on the scutes.

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