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Spineplate Millipedes
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Spineplate Millipedes

Harpagophoridae

Harpagophoridae, is a family of Round-backed millipedes of the order Spirostreptida. The family includes 269 species belongs to 55 genera. The members not found only in Africa, but abundant in Southeast Asia and the East Indies and few Indian Oceanic islands. Two subfamilies included.

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4 branches of this family, most-observed first

Harpagophorinae

subfamilyHarpagophorinae

Rhynchoproctinae

subfamilyRhynchoproctinae

Metaphora

genusMetaphora

Adiaphorostreptinae

subfamilyAdiaphorostreptinae

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