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Proteroiulus fuscus

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Proteroiulus fuscus
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P. fuscus
Binomial name
Proteroiulus fuscus
(Am Stein, 1857)
Synonyms[1]
  • Blaniulus fuscus Am Stein, 1857
  • Nopoiulus caelebs Verhoeff, 1907

Proteroiulus fuscus is a species of millipede in the family Blaniulidae which can be found everywhere in Europe except for Albania, Andorra, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Romania, San Marino, Vatican City, all states of former Yugoslavia and some European islands.[1]

Description

The species' males are 6.5–8.5 millimetres (0.26–0.33 in) long and 0.5–0.7 millimetres (0.020–0.028 in) wide while the females are larger ranging from 7.0–13.4 millimetres (0.28–0.53 in) to 15 millimetres (0.59 in) long by 0.5–0.9 millimetres (0.020–0.035 in) wide. It have dark or brownish coloured ozadenes and have 6-14 setae which is a bit longer than its metazonite.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Proteroiulus fuscus (Am Stein, 1857)". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. August 29, 2013. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
  2. ^ John Gordon Blower. "Millipedes: Keys and Notes for the Identification of the Species". Linnaean Society of London: 107–109. ISBN 90-04-07698-0. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)