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

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



Figure 20. Pseudopolydesmus serratus (Say) from central North Carolina
Figure 20. Pseudopolydesmus serratus (Say) from central North Carolina. The ventral view is of a male showing the gonopods replacing the anterior legs on segment 7.



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