Caralinda

Caralinda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Polydesmida
Family:	Xystodesmidae
Subfamily:	Rhysodesminae
Tribe:	Rhysodesmini
Genus:	Caralinda ; Hoffman, 1978

Last updated October 30, 2025

Caralinda is a North American genus of millipedes belonging to the family Xystodesmidae.^[1] Its range extends from the coastal plain of southern South Carolina southwest to the Florida panhandle, with known occurrences in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama.^[2]^[3]^[4] It is primarily winter-active.^[3]

Caralinda is small-bodied, ranging between 16–24 mm long.^[3] Its color is generally beige, with a distinct dark middorsal line and two longitudinal dark speckled bands near the bases of the paranota. This coloration may be characteristic of the genus.^[5]

At least one species of Caralinda has been documented to display aggregation behavior similar to Pleuroloma flavipes.^[5]^[6]

Species:^[1]

Caralinda beatrix Hoffman, 1978^[2]
Caralinda causeyi Shelley, 1983^[3]
Caralinda dactylifera Shelley, 1983^[3]
Caralinda fabalecta Shelley, 2000^[4]
Caralinda pulchritecta Shelley, 1979^[5]

References

1 2 "Caralinda Hoffman, 1978". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
1 2 Hoffman, Richard L. (1978), "A new genus and species of rhysodesmine milliped from southern Georgia (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae)", Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, vol. 91, no. 2, pp. 365–373
1 2 3 4 5 Shelley, Rowland M. (1983), "New records and species of the milliped genus Caralinda (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae)", The Florida Entomologist, vol. 66, no. 4, pp. 407–415
1 2 Shelley, Rowland M. (2000), "A new diplopod of the genus Caralinda Hoffman from South Carolina (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae)", Myriapodologica, vol. 66, no. 15, pp. 147–150
1 2 3 Shelley, Rowland M. (1979), "A new milliped of the genus Caralinda from North Florida (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae)", The Florida Entomologist, vol. 62, no. 3, pp. 183–187
↑ Cloudsley-Thompson, J. L. (1949), "The significance of migration in myriapods", Annals and Magazine of Natural History, vol. 2, no. 24, pp. 947–962

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[GBIF-1] 1 2 "Caralinda Hoffman, 1978". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 23 May 2021.

[Hoffman_1978-2] 1 2 Hoffman, Richard L. (1978), "A new genus and species of rhysodesmine milliped from southern Georgia (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae)", Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, vol. 91, no. 2, pp. 365–373

[Shelley_1983-3] 1 2 3 4 5 Shelley, Rowland M. (1983), "New records and species of the milliped genus Caralinda (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae)", The Florida Entomologist, vol. 66, no. 4, pp. 407–415

[Shelley_2000-4] 1 2 Shelley, Rowland M. (2000), "A new diplopod of the genus Caralinda Hoffman from South Carolina (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae)", Myriapodologica, vol. 66, no. 15, pp. 147–150

[Shelley_1979-5] 1 2 3 Shelley, Rowland M. (1979), "A new milliped of the genus Caralinda from North Florida (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae)", The Florida Entomologist, vol. 62, no. 3, pp. 183–187

[CloudsleyThompson-6] Cloudsley-Thompson, J. L. (1949), "The significance of migration in myriapods", Annals and Magazine of Natural History, vol. 2, no. 24, pp. 947–962

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