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Volume 45, Number 3,
March 1999:
Centipedes and Millipedes with Emphasis on North America Fauna

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Cover Photo: Sigmocheir maculifer (Chamberlin), a beautiful millipede of the order Polydesmida (family Xystodesmidae) occurring in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, Fresno County, California. Photo by D. L. Tiemann.

Date modified: January 19, 2011

 

Centipedes and Millipedes with Emphasis on North America Fauna
by Rowland M. Shelley


ABOUT THIS ISSUE
- about KSN
- about the author

IN THIS ISSUE
- introduction
- how are they different?
- classification of centipedes
-
classification of millipedes, section 1
- classification of millipedes, section 2
- classification of millipedes, section 3

- the most frequently asked question
- mouthparts
- breathing
- eggs and young
- behavior
- defense
- effects on humans
- further reading
- references
- back cover

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