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Pseudotremia momus Shear

Description

Pseudotremia momus Shear

P. momus Shear 1972, p. 185.

Type locality: Spence Cave, between Saltville and Chatham, Smyth Co., VIRGINIA. Male holotype, female paratype in MCZ.

New record: VIRGINIA: Smyth Co.: Atwell’s Tunnel Cave, 13 June 1970, L. M. and B. L. Ferguson, 3, ƤƤ.

Notes: Pseudotremia momus is a troglophile; a surface record from the crest of Big Walker Mountain was recorded by Shear (1972).

Notes

Published as part of Shear, William A., 2011, Cave millipeds of the United States. X. New species and records of the genus Pseudotremia Cope. 2. Species from Virginia, USA (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Cleidogonidae), pp. 1-38 in Zootaxa 3109 on page 18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.279260

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Cleidogonidae
Genus
Pseudotremia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Chordeumatida
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Shear
Species
momus
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Shear, W. A. (1972) Studies in the milliped order Chordeumida (Diplopoda): a revision of the family Cleidogonidae and a reclassification of the order Chordeumida in the New World. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 144, 151 - 352.