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Family, gen. & sp. unknown. North America, USA, Washington, Thurston Co. Photo courtesy of W. P. Leonard.

North America, USA, Alaska, Prince of Wales I., Geophilomorpha adult with early instars. Photo by K. Ovaska, Aug. 2007.

Mecistocephalidae. Dicellophilus carniolensis (C.L. Koch, 1847). Europe, Italy, Mt. Cesen. Photo courtesy of L. Bonato.

Geophilidae. Pleurogeophilus mediterraneus (Meinert, 1870). Europe, Italy, Mt. Grappa. Photo courtesy of L. Bonato.

Geophilidae. Tuoba laticeps (Pocock, 1891). Australia, Tasmania. Reproduced from Tasmanian multipedes site (http://www.qvmag.tas.gov.au/zoology/multipedes/mulintro.html) with permission of R. Mesibov.

Family unknown. South America, Colombia, Santander Dept. Photo by D. Martinez-Torres.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Linotaeniidae. Strigamia sp. North America, USA, Massachusetts, Pepperell. Photo by H.W. Levi.

Oryidae. Orya barbarica (Gervais, 1835). North Africa, Spain. Photo courtesy of I. Tuf.

Mecistocephalidae. Dicellophilus carniolensis (C.L. Koch, 1847), brooding eggs. Europe, Italy, Mt. Grappa. Photo courtesy of L. Bonato.

glowing geophilo.  North America, USA, Minnesota, Ramsey Co., St. Paul, in house. The ends reportedly  emitted a slight greenish glow in the dark. Photo by R. Fox.

?Himantariidae, ?Himantarium gabrielis (L., 1758)Europe, Spain, Andalusia, Fortuna. Photo courtesy of W. Laurde.

Oryidae. ?Notiphilides sp. South America, Colombia, Santander. Photo by D. Martinez-Torres.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Linotaeniidae. Strigamia sp. North America, USA, Massachusetts, Pepperell. Photo by H.W. Levi.

Family, gen. & sp. unknown. North America, Canada, British Columbia, Cortez I. near Campbell River, Vancouver Island.

Geophilidae. Eurygeophilus pinguis (Brolemann, 1898). Europe, Dolomites Bellunesi. Photo courtesy of L. Bonato.

Geophilidae. Geophilus longicornis Leach, 1815. Australia, Tasmania. Reproduced from Tasmanian multipedes site (http://www.qvmag.tas.gov.au/zoology/multipedes/mulintro.html) with permission of R. Mesibov.

Ballophilidae. Ballophilus australiae Chamberlin, 1920; Australia, Tasmania. Reproduced from Tasmanian multipedes site (http://www.qvmag.tas.gov.au/zoology/multipedes/mulintro.html) with permission of R. Mesibov.

?Oryidae. South America, Colombia, Santander. Photo by D. Martinez-Torres.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Geophilidae. Necrophloeophagus longicornis (Leach, 1815). Europe, Denmark. Photo courtesy of Z. Korsos.

Linotaenididae. Strigamia sp. Europe, Dolomites Bellunesi. Photo courtesy of L. Bonato.

Himantariidae. Himantarium gabrielis (L., 1767). Europe, Italy, Murge. Photo courtesy of L. Bonato.

Geophilidae. Tasmanophilus sp. Australia, Tasmania. Reproduced from Tasmanian multipedes site (http://www.qvmag.tas.gov.au/zoology/multipedes/mulintro.html) with permission of R. Mesibov.

?Chilenophilidae. Zelanion sp.  Australia, Tasmania. Reproduced from Tasmanian multipedes site (http://www.qvmag.tas.gov.au/zoology/multipedes/mulintro.html) with permission of R. Mesibov.

Dignathodontidae, Henia vesuviana (Newport, 1845) (l); Himantariidae, Stigmatogaster gracilis (Meinert, 1870) (r). Europe, southern France, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Dept. Photo courtesy of E. Iorio.



 

 

 

 

 

 
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