Apheloria
Genus of millipedes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Apheloria is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae, occurring in the central and southeastern United States, and ranging as far north as southern Quebec, Canada.[1][2] 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.[3]
Apheloria | |
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Apheloria virginiensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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 |
Species
These species belong to the genus Apheloria:[4][5]
- Apheloria luminosa Kenyon, 1893
- Apheloria montana (Bollman, 1887)
- Apheloria montezumae (Attems, 1899)
- Apheloria polychroma Marek, Means & Hennen, 2018
- Apheloria tigana Chamberlin, 1939
- Apheloria virginiensis (Drury, 1770)
- Apheloria whiteheadi (Shelley, 1986)
- Apheloria montana, North Carolina
- Apheloria polychroma, Tennessee
- Apheloria tigana, Indiana
References
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