Aphelidesmidae

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Aphelidesmidae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polydesmida
Superfamily: Platyrhacoidea
Family: Aphelidesmidae
Brölemann, 1916
Genera[1]

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

Description

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

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References

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