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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Flat-backed Millipedes (Polydesmida) » Xystodesmidae » Apheloriini » Apheloria » Apheloria virginiensis » unnamed and undescribed form (Apheloria virginiensis unnamed and undescribed form)

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Millipede- black & yellow, yellow legged Millipede - Apheloria virginiensis

La Folette, Campbell County, Tennessee, USA
August 23, 2013
Size: approx. 2- 2 1/2"

Apheloria?

May I suggest the name Apheloria virginiensis cumberland or if it is not the species virginiensis, then just Apheloria cumberland.

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Millipede- black & yellow, yellow legged Millipede - Apheloria virginiensis

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Contributed by S Moorman on 26 August, 2013 - 6:09pm
Last updated 12 June, 2016 - 4:06pm

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… S Moorman, 12 June, 2016 - 4:06pm

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An unnamed and undescribed fo

An unnamed and undescribed form of Apheloria virginiensis, now being studied for these reasons by a graduate student at U. T. Knoxville.

… Rowland Shelley, 27 October, 2013 - 3:42pm

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… S Moorman, 27 September, 2013 - 3:58pm

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From what I can find...

It's a known, but undescribed, subspecies of Apheloria virginiensis (Drury, 1777).

Said to inhabit the eastern Cumberland Plateau of TN and ranges northward into western Virginia.

See here:

And, here:

Might I suggest we give it a name, say ssp. Apheloria virginiensis tennessee?

… Bill Myers, 7 September, 2013 - 1:39pm

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Cumberland

Thanks Bill. I had looked at these two photos when I first posted the pictures (my first on Bug Guide.) I think it should be named also, especially since it seems like it has a wide range. Tennessee is good but I think since that its range exists within the Cumberland plateau and mountains in the states of TN,KY & VA, (i'm not sure if it has been found in WV) the subspecies should have the name Apheloria virginiensis cumberland. ; )
What do you think? ....and how would it or could it be done?

… S Moorman, 7 September, 2013 - 2:39pm

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Maybe...

Maybe you could email Rowland Shelley:

rowland.shelley@naturalsciences.org

He can make it happen!

Cheers

… Bill Myers, 7 September, 2013 - 3:59pm

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