The Milliped Genus Scytonotus in Eastern North America, with the Description of Two New Species
Hoffman RL. 1962. The Milliped Genus Scytonotus in Eastern North America, with the Description of Two New Species. The American Midland Naturalist. 67(1):241-249
ABSTRACT: The examination of recently acquired material reveals that the milliped genus Scytonotus is represented in eastern North Amer- ica by four species, two of them previously undescribed. On the basis of several taxonomic characters of the body form and male genitalia, two subgeneric groups can be recognized: a Granulatus Group including the common and widespread S. granulatus (Say) and S. australis, n. sp., from north Georgia, and a Virginicus Group with S. virginicus (Loomis) and S. michauxi, n. sp., from North Carolina. A key is provided for identification of these four species, and the gonopods are illustrated. Scytonotus cavernarum Bollman is added to the synonymy of S. granulatus, and the status of this and some other junior synonyms discussed. The ranges of the four eastern species are, so far as known, entirely allopatric, and no two species have been found at any locality. S. granulatus is apparently a specialized and successful form with a wide range; the other three species have limited distributions. Locality records are shown on a spot map.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Hoffman, Richard
- Units
- BLRI
- Keywords
- APHN, Appalachian Highlands Network, BLRI, Blue Ridge Parkway, Leslie Hubricht, millipedes, Peaks of Otter, Polydesmidae, Scytonotus michauxi, Scytonotus virginicus, SER, Southeast Region, species range, taxonomy