Myriapods of North Carolina
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Scientific Name:
Common Name:
Order:
0-CALLIPODIDA
1-CHORDEUMATIDA
2-GEOPHILOMORPHA
3-GLOMERIDA
4-JULIDA
5-LITHOBIOMORPHA
6-PLATYDESMIDA
7-POLYDESMIDA
8-POLYXENIDA
9-POLYZONIIDA
10-SCOLOPENDROMORPHA
11-SCUTIGEROMORPHA
12-SPIROBOLIDA
13-SPIROSTREPTIDA
14-TETRAMEROCERATA
Class:
Diplopoda-Millipedes
Chilopoda-Centipedes
Pauropoda-Pauropods
Family (Alpha):
ABACIONIDAE
ALLOPOCOCKIIDAE
ANDROGNATHIDAE
ATOPETHOLIDAE
BLANIULIDAE
BRACHYPAUROPODIDAE
BRANNERIIDAE
BUOTIDAE
CAMBALIDAE
CASEYIDAE
CHOCTELLIDAE
CLEIDOGONIDAE
CONOTYLIDAE
CRASPEDOSOMATIDAE
CRYPTOPIDAE
EURYPAUROPODIDAE
EURYURIDAE
GEOPHILIDAE
GLOMERIDAE
HENICOPIDAE
HIMANTARIIDAE
HIRUDISOMATIDAE
JULIDAE
LITHOBIIDAE
MACROSTERNODESMIDAE
MECISTOCEPHALIDAE
NEARCTODESMIDAE
NEMASOMATIDAE
OKEANOBATIDAE
PARADOXOSOMATIDAE
PARAJULIDAE
PAUROPODIDAE
PLATYDESMIDAE
PLUTONIUMIDAE
POLYDESMIDAE
POLYXENIDAE
POLYZONIIDAE
PYRGODESMIDAE
SCHENDYLIDAE
SCOLOPENDRELLIDAE
SCOLOPENDRIDAE
SCOLOPOCRYPTOPIDAE
SCUTIGERELLIDAE
SCUTIGERIDAE
SPHAERIODESMIDAE
SPIROBOLIDAE
SPIROSTREPTIDAE
STRIARIIDAE
TRICHOPETALIDAE
TYNOMMATIDAE
XYSTODESMIDAE
ZOSTERACTINIDAE
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Xystodesmidae Members:
Apheloria montana
Apheloria tigana
Apheloria undescribed species
Apheloria virginiensis
Apheloria waccamana
Appalachioria eutypa
Boraria stricta
Brachoria hendrixsoni
Brachoria undescribed species
Cherokia georgiana
Daphnedesmus coronata
Daphnedesmus dactylifera
Deltotaria brimleii
Deltotaria lea
Deltotaria mariana
Deltotaria nigrimontis
Deltotaria philia
Deltotaria tela
Dicellarius atlanta
Erdelyia saucra
Eurymerodesmus varias
Euryurus amycus
Euryurus carolinensis
Euryurus erythropygos
Euryurus orestes
Gyalostethus monticole
Gyalostethus monticolens
Howellaria deturkiana
Howellaria infesta
Nannaria antarctica
Nannaria austricola
Nannaria blackmountainensis
Nannaria conservata
Nannaria domestica
Nannaria komela
Nannaria lithographa
Nannaria minor
Nannaria nessa
Nannaria rutherfordensis
Nannaria scutellaria
Nannaria serpens
Pachydesmus crassicutis incursus
Parvulodesmus stephani
Pleuroloma flavipes
Pleuroloma pinicola
Prionogonus haerens
Prionogonus stibarophallus
Sigiria scorpio
Sigmoria acuminata
Sigmoria angulosa
Sigmoria aphelorioides
Sigmoria areolata
Sigmoria austrimontis
Sigmoria catawba
Sigmoria divaricata
Sigmoria divergens
Sigmoria icana
Sigmoria inornata
Sigmoria intermedia
Sigmoria latior
Sigmoria latior intergrade * Sigmoria nigrimontis
Sigmoria latior latior
Sigmoria latior munda
Sigmoria lyrea
Sigmoria munda
Sigmoria nantahalae
Sigmoria nigrimontis
Sigmoria pela
Sigmoria rubromarginata
Sigmoria sigirioides
Sigmoria simplex
Sigmoria stenogon
Sigmoria stenoloba
Sigmoria thrinax
Sigmoria translineata
Sigmoria triangulata
Sigmoria truncata
Sigmoria tuberosa
Sigmoria watauga
Sigmoria wrighti
Thrinaxoria bifida
77 NC Records
Apheloria tigana
Chamberlin, 1939 - Yellow-and-black Flat Millipede
Taxonomy
Class:
Diplopoda (Millipedes)
Order:
Polydesmida
Family:
Xystodesmidae
Checklist Number:
372.000
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions:
Online Photographs:
BugGuide
,
iNaturalist
,
Google
,
GBIF
Adult Markings:
Chameberlin (1939) described this species as follows: "Dorsum black with the caudal lateral portion of keels in the preserved specimens brown, the light color extending in a narrow stripe forward along lateral border. Head black above and brown below. Sides, venter and legs light brown or yellow."" According to Shelley (BugGuide, accessed 2021-01-28), ""Apheloria tigana is the dominant Xystodesmid millipede in central North Carolina, particularly the ""Triangle"" (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill region). Individuals typically have yellow paranota (lateral segmental expansions on the dorsa), a yellow middorsal spot on the anterior margin of the collum or 1st segment, and yellow middorsal spots on the caudalmost 3-5 segments. In central NC south of the Deep/Cape Fear Rivers there is a different and undescribed species with yellow middorsal splotches on essentially every segment."""
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
County Map:
Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Dates:
High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
Piedmont (Pd)
Coastal Plain (CP)
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Habitats and Life History
Habitats:
"It is common in hardwood localities and can be found in open litter as well as around logs and rocks
Observation Methods:
it becomes scarce in predominantly pine areas"" (Shelley, 1978). Most of our records appear to come from mesic hardwood forests."
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for
General Mesic Hardwood Forests
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
G5 S4S5
Natural Heritage Program Ranks:
State Protection:
Comments:
Photo Gallery for
Apheloria tigana
- Yellow-and-black Flat Millipede
Photos: 10
Recorded by: Carol Tingley on 2023-05-25
Durham Co.
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Recorded by: Carol Tingley on 2023-05-25
Durham Co.
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Recorded by: Carol Tingley on 2023-05-25
Durham Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: Becky Elkin on 2021-09-29
Durham Co.
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Recorded by: C Tingley on 2021-08-08
Chatham Co.
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Recorded by: C Tingley on 2021-08-08
Chatham Co.
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Recorded by: C Tingley on 2021-08-08
Chatham Co.
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Recorded by: L. Amos on 2014-10-01
Vance Co.
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Recorded by: J. Mickey on 2012-04-21
Wilkes Co.
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Recorded by: M.Windsor on 2009-10-03
Surry Co.
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