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Family Choctellidae

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)

Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)

Order Spirostreptida

Family Choctellidae

Explanation of Names

Choctellidae Chamberlin & Hoffman 1950

Numbers

1 genus; 2 species

Identification

Choctella cumminsi: Slightly larger, caramel-brown dorsal color pattern mottled and blends indistinctly to the sides of the millipede.

Choctella hubrichti: Slightly smaller, caramel-brown dorsal stripe is distinct and does not mottle and blend to the sides of the millipede.

Range

Cumberland Plateau. Choctella cumminsi is found in central Tennessee south through northern Alabama, mostly bounded in the southern part of its range by the Tennessee River; Ch. hubrichti occurs in central Alabama, in the Birmingham region.

Internet References

Hoffman R.L. (1965) A second species in the diplopod genus Choctella (Spirostreptida: Choctellidae). Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 78: 55‒58. (Full text)

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 4 July, 2011 - 7:07pm
Additional contributions by v belov, DerekHennen
Last updated 4 November, 2023 - 8:25pm

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