Plumatyla humerosa

Plumatyla humerosa
A white Plumatyla humerosa millipede crawls on the floor of Lava River Cave
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Chordeumatida
Family:	Conotylidae
Genus:	Plumatyla
Species:	P. humerosa
Binomial name
Plumatyla humerosa (Loomis, 1943)

Plumatyla humerosa is a millipede species found in mines, as well as lava tube and limestone caves of northern California and south-central Oregon. ^[1] It belongs to the family Conotylidae. ^[1] The millipede is likely a troglophile with a white carapace and observed in lava caves though it may inhabit crevices as well. ^{[2] [3]} P. humerosa is observed frequenting areas with mold or bat feces on the cave floors. ^[2] Taracus marchingtoni has been observed feeding on P. humerosa within cave habitat. ^[4]

See also

• Trogloraptor - a cave-dwelling spider of southern Oregon

References

1. Shear, William A.; Richart, Casey H.; Wong, Victoria L. (2020-03-19). "The millipede family Conotylidae in northwestern North America, with a complete bibliography of the family (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Heterochordeumatidea, Conotyloidea)". Zootaxa. 4753 (1): zootaxa.4753.1.1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4753.1.1. ISSN   1175-5326. PMID   32230402. S2CID   214749632.
2. Skeels, Matt (2019-09-27). "Cave Inhabitants of Oregon". Oregon High Desert Grotto . Retrieved 2022-03-24.
3. Elliott, William R.; Reddell, James R.; Rudolph, D. Craig; Graening, G.O.; Briggs, Thomas S.; Ubick, Darrell; Aalbu, Rolf L.; Krejca, Jean; Taylor, Steven J. (2017-07-28). "The Cave Fauna of California" (PDF). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 64 (1): 32. ISSN   0068-547X . Retrieved 2022-03-24.
4. Shear, William A.; Warfel, Joseph G. (2016-11-02). "The harvestman genus Taracus Simon 1879, and the new genus Oskoron (Opiliones: Ischyropsalidoidea: Taracidea)" . Zootaxa. 4180 (1:2): 1–71. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4180.1.1. ISSN   1175-5326. PMID   27811667.