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Polyxenus sp. millipede in Temnothorax nest
Polyxenidae
Arizona, USA

photograph © Alex Wild 2006

The prickly little beast on the right is a millipede in the genus Polyxenus.  I found several of these living in the brood nest of a Temnothorax rugatulus ant, where they were probably scavenging on the ant's refuse. 

 
USA AZ Cochise Co.: 2km NE Carr Peak.
2200m 31º25.66´N 110º17.46´W 
22.iv.2006   Open pine forest.
#AW2817, voucher specimens deposited at ALWC.

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