Distribution of the American milliped genus Boraria Chamberlin, 1943: Introductions of B. stricta (Brölemann, 1896) in New York and B. infesta (Chamberlin, 1918) in Connecticut; indigenous occurrence of B. profuga (Causey, 1955) in Louisiana (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae)
Shelley RM, McAllister CT, Nagy CM, Weckel ME, Christie RG, Wilson P, Wilson A. 2011. Distribution of the American milliped genus Boraria Chamberlin, 1943: Introductions of B. stricta (Brölemann, 1896) in New York and B. infesta (Chamberlin, 1918) in Connecticut; indigenous occurrence of B. profuga (Causey, 1955) in Louisiana (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae). Insecta Mundi. 194(708):1-8
ABSTRACT: The southern Appalachian millipeds Boraria stricta (Brölemann, 1896) and B. infesta (Chamberlin, 1918) (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae) have become established in Westchester Co., New York, and Hartford Co., Connecticut, respectively. Only three individuals are available for the latter, but B. stricta has established a reproducing population in southern New York state. This species is also recorded from Bland Co., Virginia, in the Ridge and Valley Physiographic Province. Boraria profuga (Causey, 1955) comprises two allopatric populations, one in Montgomery Co., Arkansas, and the other in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana. Distributional records and gonopod drawings are presented for these species plus B. deturkiana (Causey, 1942).
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Shelley, Rowland; McAllister, Chris; Nagy, Christopher; Weckel, Mark; Christie, Roderick; Wilson, Paul; Wilson, Allan
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- GRSM
- Keywords
- Appalachians, Blue Ridge, Boraria, Diplopoda, GRSM-01651, millipede, North Carolina, Piedmont Plateau, Polydesmida, Tennessee, Virginia, Xystodesmidae