Genus Scoterpes

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Works Cited

Scoterpes sollmani Lewis - Scoterpes sollmani

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)

Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)

Order Chordeumatida

Family Trichopetalidae

Genus Scoterpes

Explanation of Names

Scoterpes Cope 1872

Numbers

14 spp. total, all in our area(1)

Size

6‒12 mm(1)

Range

so.IN; interior plateaus and karst basins of KY/TN; so. Blue Ridge in TN/GA; so. Ridge and Valley Province in AL(1)

Works Cited

1.	The milliped family Trichopetalidae, Part 2: The genera Trichopetalum, Zygonopus and Scoterpes (Chordeumatida, Cleidogonoidea) Shear, W. A. 2010. Zootaxa.

Contributed by Kyle Schnepp on 11 September, 2012 - 8:32am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 2 November, 2023 - 3:54pm

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