Comments on: Millipede from the Philippines http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/01/21/millipede-from-the-philippines/ Are we experts yet? Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:43:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bugman http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/01/21/millipede-from-the-philippines/comment-page-1/#comment-65887 bugman Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:38:29 +0000 http://new.cheshirecat.net/wtbblog/2007/01/21/millipede-from-the-philippines/#comment-65887 Thanks for all of your suggestions. We are unable to provide you with any additional information on the Millipede. This posting was made in 2007 and we did not maintain contact information on Stefan from Denmark. Thanks for all of your suggestions. We are unable to provide you with any additional information on the Millipede. This posting was made in 2007 and we did not maintain contact information on Stefan from Denmark.

]]> By: pyjstein http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/01/21/millipede-from-the-philippines/comment-page-1/#comment-65884 pyjstein Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:55:36 +0000 http://new.cheshirecat.net/wtbblog/2007/01/21/millipede-from-the-philippines/#comment-65884 How long is the millipede shown in the photo, & where exactly was it found in the Philippines ? Might it be a <i>Spirobolus</i> sp. ? This genus of giant millpedes (some brightly-banded) is naturally-distributed across the Philippines & the nearby region. Likewise for <i>Thyropygus</i> sp. Egs. 1) <b><i>Spirobolus walkeri</i></b>: <a href="http://wirbellosenzentrum.de/index.php/component/content/article/380.html" rel="nofollow">Pic1</a>, <a href="http://forum.diplopoda.de/wbb/board4-diplopoda/board16-zucht-und-aufzucht/2892-spirobolus-walkeri/?l=4&l=4&l=4" rel="nofollow">Pic2</a>. 2) <b><i>Spirobolus bungii</i></b>: <a href="http://baike.wangchao.net.cn/detail_%25E9%25A9%25AC%25E9%2599%2586.html" rel="nofollow">Pic3</a>, <a href="http://www.schnecken-forum.de/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?style=3&p=151653#p151653" rel="nofollow">Pic4</a>. 3) <b><i>Thyropygus bispinus</i> (Tiger Millipede)</b>: <a href="http://www.kryp.smugmug.com/Travels/Expedition-Thailand-2009/9533920_h9Eo8/4/644126707_mz2NP#644126707_mz2NP" rel="nofollow">Pic5</a>. For a more exotic but still Old World species (from Africa), perhaps a <i>Pelmatojulus</i> sp. ? Egs. 4) <b><i>Pelmatojulus tigrinus</i> (Tiger Millipede)</b>: <a href="http://www.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/fileadmin/bericht/1997/zoo3/fig10.htm" rel="nofollow">Pic6</a>, <a href="http://www.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/fileadmin/bericht/zoo3/abb11_en.html" rel="nofollow">Pic7</a>. 5) <b><i>Pelmatojulus ligulatus & P. excisus</i></b>: <a href="http://wirbellosenzentrum.de/index.php/component/content/article/391.html" rel="nofollow">Pic8</a>. Similar-looking New World species would include <b><i>Anadenobolus monilicornis</i> (Bumblebee Millipede)</b> & <b><i>Rhinocricus</i> spp.</b> How long is the millipede shown in the photo, & where exactly was it found in the Philippines ?

Might it be a Spirobolus sp. ? This genus of giant millpedes (some brightly-banded) is naturally-distributed across the Philippines & the nearby region. Likewise for Thyropygus sp. Egs.
1) Spirobolus walkeri: Pic1, Pic2.
2) Spirobolus bungii: Pic3, Pic4.
3) Thyropygus bispinus (Tiger Millipede): Pic5.

For a more exotic but still Old World species (from Africa), perhaps a Pelmatojulus sp. ? Egs.
4) Pelmatojulus tigrinus (Tiger Millipede): Pic6, Pic7.
5) Pelmatojulus ligulatus & P. excisus: Pic8.

Similar-looking New World species would include Anadenobolus monilicornis (Bumblebee Millipede) & Rhinocricus spp.

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