''Euryurus leachii'', or Leach's millipede, is a species of
flat-backed millipede
Polydesmida (from the Greek ''poly'' "many" and ''desmos'' "bond") is the largest order of millipedes, containing approximately 3,500 species, including all the millipedes reported to produce hydrogen cyanide (HCN).
Description
Members of the o ...
in the family
Euryuridae
Euryuridae is a family of flat-backed millipedes in the order Polydesmida. There are at least 4 genera and about 14 described species in Euryuridae.
Genera
* '' Auturus'' Chamberlin, 1942
* '' Euryurus'' Koch, 1847
* '' Eutheatus''
* '' ...
. It is found in North America.
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Subspecies
These two subspecies belong to the species ''Euryurus leachii'':
* ''Euryurus leachii fraternus'' Hoffman, 1978
* ''Euryurus leachii leachii'' (Gray, 1832)
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Polydesmida
Millipedes of North America
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Animals described in 1832
Taxa named by George Robert Gray
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