Family Abacionidae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Print References

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)

Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)

Order Callipodida (Crested Millipedes)

Family Abacionidae

Explanation of Names

Abacionidae Shelley 1979

Numbers

3 genera in 2 tribes:

Tribe Abacionini: Abacion 5 spp., Tetracion 3 spp. • Tribe Delophonini: Delophon 4 spp.

Size

Abacion 2.5‒5 cm, Tetracion up to 8 cm, Delophon 1.8‒2.5 cm

Identification

Abacion - Large, dark brown millipedes. Six primary dorsal crests between pore crests starting on body ring 12.

Tetracion - Large, tan millipedes, limited to caves. Eyeless. Four primary dorsal crests between pore crests on all body rings.

Delophon - Small, dark brown millipedes. Fourteen primary dorsal crests between pore crests starting on body ring 12.

Range

Abacion e.NA · Tetracion Cumberland Plateau (AL‒TN) · Delophon se.US (VA‒MS)

Print References

Loria S, Zigler K, Lewis J (2011) Molecular phylogeography of the troglobiotic millipede Tetracion Hoffman, 1956 (Diplopoda, Callipodida, Abacionidae). International Journal of Myriapodology 5: 35–48. Full text

Shelley RM (1979) A revision of the milliped genus Delophon with the proposal of two new tribes in the subfamily Abacioninae (Callipodida: Caspiopetalidae). Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 92: 533–550.

Shelley RM (1983) A new milliped of the genus Delophon from Missisippi (Callipodida: Caspiopetalidae). Ent. News 94: 11–14.

Shelley RM (1984) A synopsis of the milliped genus Abacion Rafinesque (Callipodida: Caspiopetalidae). Can. J. Zool. 62: 980–988.

Shelley RM, McAllister CT, Hollis JL (2003) A new milliped of the genus Abacion Rafinesque, 1820 from Arkansas, U. S. A. (Callipodida: Abacionidae). Zootaxa 170: 1–7. [url=https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.170.1.1]Full text

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 6 March, 2007 - 9:39pm
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Last updated 4 November, 2023 - 5:37pm

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