Aphelidesmidae is a family of polydesmidan millipedes distributed in Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America.
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| Family: | Aphelidesmidae Brölemann, 1916 |
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Description
Aphelidesmids are often large and colorful, but many are dorsally dark with yellow tips on the scutes.