Gigantowales chisholmi

A millepede at Latham, ACT

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Identification history

Gigantowales chisholmi	25 Oct 2017	MichaelBedingfield
Gigantowales chisholmi	25 Oct 2017	MichaelBedingfield
Unidentified	23 Oct 2017	Christine

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Significant sighting

MichaelBedingfield noted:

25 Oct 2017

This is the first record of this species in the Canberra area. A quote from Dr Bob Mesibov: "Gigantowales chisholmi is quite common in the coastal forests but there are no previous records for it in the ACT. It's highly unlikely that such a large and conspicuous millipede escaped the attention of ACT collectors in past decades. It's more likely it's been delivered to the ACT along the Kings Highway from somewhere to the east."

User's notes

Maybe a bit longer than 50mm

4 comments

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

24 Oct 2017

Hi Christine
Just checking the size of this millipede. You say a bit longer than 50mm, which is quite big, but you also said in the additional information that it was 25-50mm.
Can you please confirm the size?

Christine wrote:

25 Oct 2017

Hi Michael, sorry, I am still not good with mm. The sighting was a while ago, but I do remember it, and remember that it was a big millipede. So I will say definitely longer than 50mm, but not heaps longer. Possibly 60-70mm.

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

25 Oct 2017

Thanks Christine, the size is important. This is a new species for our area. See the notes above for a significant sighting.

Christine wrote:

25 Oct 2017

Thank you Michael.

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