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title: "Apheloria tingana"
description: "Apheloria tigana — Altri animali. Apheloria tigana, also known as the yellow and black flat millipede, is a large North American flat-backed millipede in the family Xystodesmidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/yellow-and-black-flat-millipede
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Apheloria tingana

> Apheloria tigana — Altri animali. Apheloria tigana, also known as the yellow and black flat millipede, is a large North American flat-backed millipede in the family Xystodesmidae.

- Scientific name: *Apheloria tigana*
- Category: `other` (Altri animali)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 4148
- Wikidata: [Q6451690](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6451690)
- iNaturalist taxon: [213903](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/213903)

## Names

- en: Yellow-and-black Flat Millipede
- de: Apheloria tingana
- es: Apheloria tingana
- fr: Apheloria tingana
- it: Apheloria tingana
- nl: Apheloria tingana
- pt: Apheloria tingana
- pl: Apheloria tingana

## Countries with the most observations

US (1334)

## Summary

Apheloria tigana, also known as the yellow and black flat millipede, is a large North American flat-backed millipede in the family Xystodesmidae.  This millipede secretes cyanide compounds as a defense. Authorities recommend washing hands after handling these millipedes as these secreted compounds are toxic and can cause irritation if rubbed in the eyes.
Characteristics include yellow paranota (lateral segmental expansions on the dorsa), a yellow mid-dorsal spot on the anterior margin of the collum or first segment, and yellow mid-dorsal spots on the last three to five segments. South of the Cape Fear River basin…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apheloria_tigana

## Photo

![Apheloria tingana](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-and-black-flat-millipede/medium.jpg)

Photo: steve b · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/72541743

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/yellow-and-black-flat-millipede?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).