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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.

 

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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