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Diversity of millipedes (Arthropoda : Diplopoda) in selected agricultural landscapes of Achalpur city, District Amravati, Maharashtra, India
Mohammad Misbahul Ahsan, S.R. Kondulkar, S.S. Pawar
Year : 2022 | Volume: 7 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 23-26
Received on: 2022/01/11
Revised on: 2022/01/17
Accepted on: 2022/01/28
Published on: 02/01/2022
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Mohammad Misbahul Ahsan, S.R. Kondulkar, S.S. Pawar( 2022).
Diversity of millipedes (Arthropoda : Diplopoda) in selected agricultural landscapes of Achalpur city, District Amravati, Maharashtra, India
. International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences, 7( 1), 23-26.
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Abstract
The present study tried to explore the diversity of Millipedes fauna in Achalpur City, Amravati district of Maharashtra, India. This diversity study was done during pre-monsoon to monsoon season in 2021 for six months, by visiting different agricultural landscapes, by using handpicking method in and around the study area. A total four species of millipedes belonging to order Polydesmida and Spirobolida and four families namely Xystodesmidae, Trigoniulidae, Paradoxosomatidae and Spirobolidae were recorded from the study area. Species namely Harpaphe haydeniana and Orthomorpha coarctata were found to be more abundant than other species.
Keywords
Polydesmida, Millipedes, Diversity, Spirobolidae.
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