Oriulus venustus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Diplopoda |
Order: | Julida |
Family: | Parajulidae |
Genus: | Oriulus |
Species: | O. venustus |
Binomial name | |
Oriulus venustus (Wood, 1864) | |
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Oriulus venustus is a species of millipede in the family Parajulidae. [2] [3] [4] [5] It is found in North America. [2] [6]
Adults are around 19 to 26 millimeters in length and 1.5 to 2.5 millimeters wide. Males of this species can be identified by their enlarged sternum 8 that extends dorsally into the body cavity and their sigmoid, crossing gonopodal telopodites. [1]
Oriulus venustus covers most of North America north of Mexico east of the Rocky Mountains, though its distribution becomes sporadic in the Southeast United States. [1]