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Pyrgodesmidae
Family of millipedes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pyrgodesmidae is a family of flat-backed millipedes in the order Polydesmida. The family contains over 200 species distributed in tropics around the world.[1][2] Some species are found only in ant colonies, and are considered obligate myrmecophiles.[3]
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Family: | Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 1896 |
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