Proteroiulus fuscus is a species of millipede in the family Blaniulidae which can be found everywhere in Europe except for Albania, Andorra, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Romania, San Marino, Vatican City, all states of former Yugoslavia and some European islands.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Julida |
| Family: | Blaniulidae |
| Genus: | Proteroiulus |
| Species: | P. fuscus
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| Binomial name | |
| Proteroiulus fuscus (Am Stein, 1857)
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Description
editThe species' males are 6.5–8.5 millimetres (0.26–0.33 in) long and 0.5–0.7 millimetres (0.020–0.028 in) wide while the females are larger ranging from 7.0–13.4 millimetres (0.28–0.53 in) to 15 millimetres (0.59 in) long by 0.5–0.9 millimetres (0.020–0.035 in) wide. It have dark or brownish coloured ozadenes and have 6-14 setae which is a bit longer than its metazonite.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Proteroiulus fuscus (Am Stein, 1857)". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. August 29, 2013. Archived from the original on October 14, 2013. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
- ^ John Gordon Blower (1985). Millipedes: Keys and Notes for the Identification of the Species. Linnean Society of London. pp. 107–109. ISBN 90-04-07698-0.
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