Auturus evides is a species of flat-backed millipede in the family Euryuridae and is found in North America.[1][2][3][4] Auturus evides is dark brown with light orange spots on the posterior part of each segment. The lateral portion of each segment has a spot of the same color which widens toward the posterior end. The average total length is 27.1 mm; width, 3.1 mm; and weight, 0.153 g.[5] Auturus evides respond negatively to light and positively to moisture,[6] and are usually found within and beneath rotting logs of varying size and length. However, many have been found in low or damp places in and around logs with very little decay. They are never found in aggregations, but at times as many as a dozen have been recorded nesting under logs. [5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Polydesmida |
| Family: | Euryuridae |
| Genus: | Auturus |
| Species: | A. evides
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| Binomial name | |
| Auturus evides (Bollman, 1887)
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References
edit- ^ "Auturus evides Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Auturus evides". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Auturus evides species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ Shelley, R. M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ^ a b Dowdy, W. W (April 1975). "Energetics of the Diplopod, Auturus evides". The American Midland Naturalist. 93 (2): 459–463. doi:10.2307/2424181. JSTOR 2424181.
- ^ Dowdy, W. W. 1968. An ecological study of some millipedes in two central Missouri communities. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am., 61 :1059-1063
Further reading
edit- Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications. Vol. 8. ISBN 9781884549120.
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