The Myriapoda (Millipedes, Centipedes) Featuring the North American Fauna     
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Orthoporus sp. St. Vincent & the Grenadines. Photo courtesy of M. de Silva.

Archispirostreptus sp. Giant African Black millipedes. Africa, Uganda. Photo courtesy of M. Thierer-Lutz.

Unknown genus & species, head & anterior end. South America, Peru. Photo courtesy of P. Wittman.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Orthoporus sp. St. Vincent & the Grenadines. Photo courtesy of M. de Silva.

?Globanus sp. Atlantic Islands/ Africa, São Tomé & Principe, São Tomé, Bom Sucesso. Photo by  R. Drewes. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Orthoporus ornatus (Girard, 1853). North America, USA, New Mexico, Dona Ana Co., 5 mi. E Las Cruces. Photo by N.B. Causey

Unknown genus & species in defensive coil. South America, Colombia, Honda. Photo by D. Guzman.

Orthoporus antillanus (Pocock, 1894), with Achatina sp. (Gastropoda). Lesser Antilles, Barbados. Photo courtesy of A. Norville.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Orthoporus ornatus (Girard, 1853). North America, USA, state & locality unknown.

Anastreptus scalatus; note rough, crested dorsum. Africa, Tanzania. Photo by K. M. Howell.

Globanus sp. Atlantic Islands/ Africa, São Tomé & Principe, São Tomé, Nova Moca. Photo courtesy of  R. Drewes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
Intro ,  Millipedes ,  Centipedes ,  Paleozoic Fossils ,  Differences ,  Congresses ,  References,  Myriapodologists-Deceased,  Myriapodologists-Living,  Photo Gallery