Australiosomatini
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Akamptogonus novarae
Akamptogonus novarae is a flat-backed millipede in the family Paradoxosomatidae, first described from the Austro-Hungarian Novara expedition in 1869. The species exhibits a notably broad geographic distribution spanning Australia, North America, and Oceania, which is unusual for a millipede and suggests possible human-mediated dispersal. It belongs to the order Polydesmida, the largest order of millipedes, characterized by their flattened body form.