Psammodesmus atratus

Psammodesmus atratus is a flat-backed millipede of the family Platyrhacidae, found in West Colombia.

Psammodesmus atratus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Myriapoda
Class:
Diplopoda
Order:
Polydesmida
Family:
Platyrhacidae
Genus:
Psammodesmus
Species:
Psammodesmus atratus
Binomial name
Psammodesmus atratus
(Chamberlin, 1947)

Description

Adult individuals reach lengths of up to 60mm, they have 19 body segments, their body is dark brown with three light yellow stripes on the prozonites and metatergites of segments 2-19.[1] Each segment has a pair of wide keels with yellow edges.

References
  1. Martínez-Torres, Shirley Daniela (2016). Revisión taxonómica y distribución geográfica de los milpiés del género Psammodesmus Cook, 1896 (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Platyrhacidae). Bogotá, CO: Universidad Nacional de Colombia.


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