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Joyo gading (Orthomorpha coarctata)

Joyo gading (Orthomorpha coarctata) is a species of animal in the Paradoxosomatidae, spiny millipedes, males are 14.5-20.5 mm long and 1.5-2.7 mm wide, females are slightly larger with a length of 16.5-27.5 mm and a width of 1.6-3.2 mm.

O. beaumontii has a black color, very prominent internodes, black legs, black side wings ending at the tips of yellow or gold or copper spines and lives in forest bushes, agricultural land and disturbed areas.

Dlium Joyo gading (Orthomorpha coarctata)


Normal head, smooth vertex surface and turns when walking. The antennae are black, long, segmented and actively move when walking. Legs long, slender, has several segments, pointed toe, no shoes, slightly swollen in the middle.

The sections have very clear boundaries. Each segment has three sections with a larger tube diameter and a transverse line with a pair of wings growing on the sides. The wings are spine-shaped with a thickened outer border, copper color and a pointed tip.

The planes between the segment joints have smaller tube diameters, are flat and plain. A last segment has a smaller size, wings and spines smaller, ends at the tail with a pointed tip and is copper in color.





Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Subclass: Chilognatha
Infraclass: Helminthomorpha
Subterclass: Eugnatha
Superorder: Merocheta
Order: Polydesmida
Suborder: Strongylosomatidea
Family: Paradoxosomatidae
Subfamily: Paradoxosomatinae
Tribe: Orthomorphini
Genus: Orthomorpha
Species: Orthomorpha coarctata

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