Published December 31, 2008 | Version v1
Taxonomic treatment Open

Brachycybe petasata Loomis 1936

Authors/Creators

Description

Brachycybe petasata Loomis 1936

North Carolina: Swain Co.: GSMNP, no specific locality, published distribution includes “Great Smoky Mountains in general” (Shelley 2000a); Bunches Creek, 29 Aug 1995, S. Boehn; Rhododendron thicket along Enloe Creek Trail, 16 Aug 2007, B.A. Snyder.

Tennessee: Blount Co.: Gregory's Cave, Cades Cove (Causey 1959); Chilhowee, 19 Aug 2006, 14 Oct 2006, 14 Apr 2007, 18 June 2007, 10–11 Aug 2007. Cocke Co.: ATBI, Snakeden Ridge, 9 May 2001. Sevier Co.: Chimneys Campground (Loomis 1943); along Alum Cave Trail, off TN Hwy. 71 [also US 441], N side of Newfound Gap (Hoffman 1950a); Newfound Gap; The Sinks (Gardner 1975); old growth forest nr. Rocky Spur Branch, 8 Apr 1995, C.R. Parker.

Notes

Published as part of Snyder, Bruce A., 2008, A preliminary checklist of the millipedes (Diplopoda) of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, pp. 16-32 in Zootaxa 1856 on page 22, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.183566

Files

Files (1.1 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:c3cb790b889d266c2d7ab72265636239
1.1 kB Download

System files (6.4 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:6c4940cab325b6b5388f836af3e132c9
6.4 kB Download

Linked records

Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Loomis
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Platydesmida
Family
Andrognathidae
Genus
Brachycybe
Species
petasata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Brachycybe petasata Loomis, 1936 sec. Snyder, 2008

References

  • Shelley, R. M. (2000 a) Annotated checklist of the millipeds of North Carolina (Arthropoda: Diplopoda) with remarks on the genus Sigmoria Chamberlin (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae). Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, 116, 177 - 205.
  • Causey, N. B. (1959) Some cavernicolous millipeds from the Cumberland Plateau. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science, 34, 229 - 237.
  • Loomis, H. F. (1943) New cave and epigean millipeds of the United States, with notes on some established species. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 92, 373 - 410.
  • Hoffman, R. L. (1950 a) Records and descriptions of Diplopods from the southern Appalachians. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, 66, 11 - 33.
  • Gardner, M. R. (1975) Revision of the millipede family Andrognathidae in the Nearctic region. Memoirs of the Pacific Coast Entomological Society, 5, 1 - 61.