Polyxenus lagurus

Polyxenus lagurus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Polyxenida
Family:	Polyxenidae
Genus:	Polyxenus
Species:	P. lagurus
Binomial name
	Polyxenus lagurus; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Scolopendra lagura Linnaeus, 1758

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Polyxenus lagurus, known as the bristly millipede is a species of millipede found in many areas of Europe and North America.^[2]^[3] It is covered with detachable bristles that have the ability to entangle ants and spiders that attack the animal.^[4]

References

^ M. Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin & J.-J. Geoffroy (2003). "A revised comprehensive checklist, relational database, and taxonomic system of reference for the bristly millipedes of the world". African Invertebrates. 44 (1): 89–101.
^ Hoffman, R. L. (1999). "Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America". Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications. 8: 1–553.p. 13
^ William Shear (2011). "Class Diplopoda de Blainville in Gervais, 1844" (PDF). In Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.). Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Vol. 3148. pp. 159–164. ISBN 978-1-86977-850-7. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
^ Jonathan C. Wright & Peter Westh (2006). "Water vapour absorption in the penicillate millipede Polyxenus lagurus (Diplopoda: Penicillata: Polyxenida): microcalorimetric analysis of uptake kinetics". Journal of Experimental Biology. 209 (13): 2486–2494. doi:10.1242/jeb.02280. PMID 16788032.

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[1] M. Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin & J.-J. Geoffroy (2003). "A revised comprehensive checklist, relational database, and taxonomic system of reference for the bristly millipedes of the world". African Invertebrates. 44 (1): 89–101.

[Hoffman_1999-2] Hoffman, R. L. (1999). "Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America". Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications. 8: 1–553.p. 13

[Shear2011-3] William Shear (2011). "Class Diplopoda de Blainville in Gervais, 1844" (PDF). In Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.). Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Vol. 3148. pp. 159–164. ISBN 978-1-86977-850-7. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)

[4] Jonathan C. Wright & Peter Westh (2006). "Water vapour absorption in the penicillate millipede Polyxenus lagurus (Diplopoda: Penicillata: Polyxenida): microcalorimetric analysis of uptake kinetics". Journal of Experimental Biology. 209 (13): 2486–2494. doi:10.1242/jeb.02280. PMID 16788032.

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