Apheloria

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polydesmida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Myriapoda Classis: Diplopoda Subclassis: Chilognatha Infraclassis: Helminthomorpha Superordo: Merocheta Ordo: Polydesmida

Familia: Xystodesmidae
Genus: Apheloria
Species (4): A. luminosa – A. montana – A. polychroma – A. tigana – A. virginiensis

Name

• Apheloria Chamberlin, 1921
  • Original status: valid genus
  • Type species: Fontaria montana Bollman, 1887
    • Fixation: original designation [see p. 232]

Synonyms

• Leptocircus

Primary references

• Chamberlin, R.V. 1921. On some chilopods and diplopods from Knox Co., Tennessee. The Canadian Entomologist, 53: 230–233. BHL Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 232]

References

• Marek, P.E.; Bond, J.E. 2009: A Müllerian mimicry ring in Appalachian millipedes. PNAS, 106(24): 9755–9760. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0810408106
• Marek, P.E., Means, J.C. & Hennen, D.A. 2018. Apheloria polychroma, a new species of millipede from the Cumberland Mountains (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae). Zootaxa 4375(3): 409–427. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4375.3.7 Full article (PDF) Reference page.