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Apheloria

Apheloria
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Apheloria virginiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polydesmida
Family: Xystodesmidae
Genus: Apheloria
Chamberlin, 1921
Species

Apheloria luminosa (Kenyon, 1893)
Apheloria montana (Bollman, 1887)
Apheloria tigana Chamberlin, 1939
Apheloria virginiensis (Drury, 1770)

Synonyms

Leptocircus Attems, 1931


Apheloria luminosa (Kenyon, 1893)
Apheloria montana (Bollman, 1887)
Apheloria tigana Chamberlin, 1939
Apheloria virginiensis (Drury, 1770)

Leptocircus Attems, 1931

Apheloria is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae, occurring in the central and southeastern United States, and ranging as far north as southern Quebec, Canada. They are aposematically colored in black and contrasting reds and yellows, and some species in the Appalachian Mountains resemble species of Brachoria where they co-occur, a phenomenon known as Müllerian mimicry.


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