Apheloria

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Apheloria
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Apheloria virginiensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polydesmida
Family: Xystodesmidae
Subfamily: Rhysodesminae
Tribe: Apheloriini
Genus: Apheloria
Chamberlin, 1921
Synonyms [1]

Leptocircus Attems, 1931

Apheloria is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae, [2] [3] occurring in the central and southeastern United States, and ranging as far north as southern Quebec, Canada. [1] [4] They are aposematically colored in black and contrasting reds and yellows, and some species in the Appalachian Mountains resemble species of Brachoria where they co-occur, a phenomenon known as Müllerian mimicry. [5] The genus was first described by Ralph Vary Chamberlin in 1921. [6] [7]

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Species

The following species belong to the genus Apheloria: [7]

Some authorities list Apheloria montezumae (Attems, 1899) as also being placed in the genus. [2] [3]

Species previously placed in the genus Apheloria include:


References

  1. 1 2 Hoffman, Richard L. 1999. Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications 8, pp. 293-296
  2. 1 2 "Catalogue of Life, Apheloria Chamberlin, 1921" . Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  3. 1 2 Sierwald, P.; Spelda, J. "Millibase". doi: 10.14284/370 . Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  4. ↑ Marek, Paul; Tanabe, Tsutomu; Sierwald, Petra (2014) A Species Catalog of the Millipede Family Xystodesmidae (Diplopoda: Polydesmida). Archived 2017-01-24 at the Wayback Machine Special Publication 17. Virginia Museum of Natural History. pp. 7-9
  5. ↑ Marek, P. E.; Bond, J. E. (2009). "A Mullerian mimicry ring in Appalachian millipedes". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106 (24): 9755–9760. Bibcode:2009PNAS..106.9755M. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0810408106 . PMC   2700981 . PMID   19487663.
  6. ↑ Ralph V. Chamberlin (October 1921). "On some Chilopods and Diplopods from Knox Co., Tennessee". The Canadian Entomologist . 53 (10): 230–233. doi:10.4039/ENT53230-10. ISSN   0008-347X. Wikidata   Q99661065.
  7. 1 2 3 4 PAUL E. MAREK; JACKSON C. MEANS; DEREK A. HENNEN; CAROL TINGLEY (3 October 2025). "Revision of the millipede genus Apheloria Chamberlin, 1921 (Polydesmida, Xystodesmidae, Apheloriini)". Zootaxa . 5701 (3): 315–350. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5701.3.4. ISSN   1175-5334. Wikidata   Q136437440.
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