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
4 NC Records
Daphnedesmus dactylifera
Hoffman, 1956 - No Common Name
Taxonomy
Class:
Diplopoda (Millipedes)
Order:
Polydesmida
Family:
Xystodesmidae
Checklist Number:
448.000
Synonym:
Dixioria dactylifera
Species Status:
The type locality is given as "Mill Hill"" in Ashe County but the location of this site is unknown (Shelley and Whitehead, 1986)"
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions:
Online Photographs:
BugGuide
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iNaturalist
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Google
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GBIF
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
This species appears to be endemic to the Amphibolite Mountains of northwest North Carolina. It is currently known from only four sites, the location of one of which is unknown (Shelley and Whitehead, 1986)
County Map:
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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:
Shelley and Whitehead (1986) noted that one of the sites where this species has been collected -- the summit of Mt. Jefferson -- cannot be considered a cove. This site is, however, fairly mesic, supporting a stand of High Elevation Red Oak Forest. Habitats at Three-top Mountain do consist of cove forests that grade into Northern Hardwoods towards the summit. The site described as located in the gap between Three-top and Bluff Mountains probably supports cove forest and the most likely habitat that fits these three sites is General Montane Mesic Hardwood Forests
Wikipedia
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
[SR]
Natural Heritage Program Ranks:
GNR [S1]
State Protection:
Comments:
This species merits a high priority for conservation based on its extremely small known range. More surveys are required to determine its exact habitat associations, which might be better described as Rich Montane Hardwood Forest than the more general category where we are currently placing it