Species Floridobolus floydi

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Print References · Works Cited

Floridobolus floydi? - Floridobolus floydi

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)

Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)

Order Spirobolida

Family Spirobolidae

Genus Floridobolus

Species floydi (Floridobolus floydi)

Explanation of Names

Floridobolus floydi (Shelley 2014)

Size

Adults 52‒70 mm

Range

southern Brooksville Ridge of Citrus and Hernando cos., FL

Habitat

loblolly pine/turkey oak sandhill habitat

Print References

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Shelley R.M., Floyd S.D. (2014) Expanded concept of the millipede family Spirobolidae (Diplopoda: Spirobolida: Spirobolidea): Proposals of Aztecolini n. tribe and Floridobolinae/ini and Tylobolini n. stats.; redescriptions of Floridobolus and F. penneri, both Causey, 1957, and F. orini n. sp.; hypotheses on origins and affinities.

Works Cited

1.	A third species of the endemic Floridian milliped genus Floridobolus Causey, 1957 (Spirobolida: Spirobolidae: Floridobolinae) Rowland Shelley. 2014. Center For Systematic Entomology, INC., Gainesville, FL.

Contributed by Jeff Brown on 15 December, 2015 - 10:02pm
Additional contributions by v belov, metrioptera, Hisserdude
Last updated 29 October, 2023 - 3:15pm

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