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Genus of millipedes

Apheloria
Apheloria virginiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polydesmida
Family: Xystodesmidae
Subfamily: Rhysodesminae
Tribe: Apheloriini
Genus: Apheloria
Chamberlin, 1921
Synonyms

Leptocircus Attems, 1931

Apheloria is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae, occurring in the central and southeastern United States, and ranging as far north as southern Quebec, Canada. They are aposematically colored in black and contrasting reds and yellows, and some species in the Appalachian Mountains resemble species of Brachoria where they co-occur, a phenomenon known as Müllerian mimicry.

Species

These species belong to the genus Apheloria:


  • Apheloria montana, North Carolina Apheloria montana, North Carolina
  • Apheloria polychroma, Tennessee Apheloria polychroma, Tennessee
  • Apheloria tigana, Indiana Apheloria tigana, Indiana


References

  1. ^ Hoffman, Richard L. 1999. Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications 8, pp. 293-296
  2. Marek, Paul; Tanabe, Tsutomu; Sierwald, Petra (2014) A Species Catalog of the Millipede Family Xystodesmidae (Diplopoda: Polydesmida). Archived 2017-01-24 at the Wayback Machine Special Publication 17. Virginia Museum of Natural History. pp. 7-9
  3. Marek, P. E.; Bond, J. E. (2009). "A Mullerian mimicry ring in Appalachian millipedes". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106 (24): 9755–9760. Bibcode:2009PNAS..106.9755M. doi:10.1073/pnas.0810408106. PMC 2700981. PMID 19487663.
  4. "Catalogue of Life, Apheloria Chamberlin, 1921". Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  5. Sierwald, P.; Spelda, J. "Millibase". doi:10.14284/370. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
Taxon identifiers
Apheloria


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