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

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

Centipedes and Millipedes Index of Images
Figure 21. Ventral view of millipede midbody segment (actually a diplosegment) of Sigmoria austrimantis Shelley from western North Carolina. The "prozonite" (P - upper left mark) and "metazonite" (M - lower left mark) correspond to the anterior and posterior of the fused emtryonic segments, respectively; the legs, "spiracles" (S - right mark), and internal nerve ganglion associated with the metazonite such that the prozonite, which is without structures, telescopes slightely inside the preceding metazonite. The right anterior leg is removed to show the "spiracle" beside the caudal leg. Drawing by R.G. Kuhler.
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