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Polyxenus like bristle millipede
Filex	#1 Posted on 24-02-2008 20:40
Member Location: Posts: 70 Joined: 22.08.07	Sorry for my ignorance, but yesterday I found a creature new to me. I found them under stones and among fallen leaves. They congregate and most of them do not move, but the ones that are awaken move spasmodically. They are bristly and seem to have a pair of eyes in the wide front side, while the rear side tapers into a point. I am attaching a picture of two of them in the company of a pseudoscorpion, from which the actual size of the creature can be inferred. Many many thanks in advance! Miquel Edited by Filex on 24-02-2008 23:05


Tony Irwin	#2 Posted on 24-02-2008 21:36
Member Location: Posts: 7168 Joined: 19.11.04	They are millipedes - probably Polyxenidae, certainly in that suborder. They are not the British Polyxenus lagurus. Where were they found? Tony ---------- Tony Irwin


Filex	#3 Posted on 24-02-2008 21:44
Member Location: Posts: 70 Joined: 22.08.07	I forgot to mention it. They were found in Palam?s, Girona, coastal NE Spain. Many thanks for the identification!


Paul Beuk	#4 Posted on 24-02-2008 21:50
Super Administrator Location: Posts: 19208 Joined: 11.05.04	I cannot imagine these are Polyxenus period. I could not find any pictures of the containing group (Penicillata) that were not Polyxenus easily. Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info


Filex	#5 Posted on 24-02-2008 23:12
Member Location: Posts: 70 Joined: 22.08.07	Fauna Iberica lists the following species within Order Polyxenida Ord. Polyxenida Fam. Synxenidae Phryssonotus platycephalus (Lucas, 1846) Fam. Polyxenidae Macroxenus enghoffi Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, 1996 Polyxenus fasciculatus Say, 1821 Polyxenus lagurus (Linnaeus, 1758) Polyxenus oromii Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, 1996 Fam. Lophoproctidae Lophoproctinus inferus (Silvestri, 1903) Lophoproctus jeanneli (Br?lemann, 1910) Lophoproctus pagesi Cond?, 1982 I have not been able to find any pictures of family Synxenidae nor Lophoproctidae in the web. With pictures available I think that at least the family could be determined . Polyxenus seems rather different from this one, particularly the "tail". Edited by Filex on 24-02-2008 23:14


Amaryllid	#6 Posted on 01-04-2016 18:50
Member Location: Posts: 8 Joined: 18.03.16	Fam. Synxenidae ; Phryssonotus platycephalus (Lucas, 1846) because the body is covered with scales instead of only bristles.