"Smoky Ghost Millipede" [Narceus gordanus (Chamberlin, 1943)]

   This specimen, measuring about three inches in length, was was photographed at Camp Blanding Training Center in Clay County, Florida on 4/9/2013. During a four day survey of the installation during April, dozens of identically colored specimens were observed.  Originally (Chamberlin, 1943: 5; figs. 6-11) placed it in the genus Spirobolus.

"Smoky Ghost Millipede" [Narceus gordanus (Chamberlin, 1943)]

Chamberlin, R.V., 1943. On some genera and species of American millipeds Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological Series 8(2): 1-20, figs. 1-42.

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