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Oxidus gracilis C. L. Koch 1847

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Description

Oxidus gracilis (C. L. Koch 1847)

Note: invasive; known to be widespread in the eastern United States (Hoffman 1999a).

North Carolina: Haywood and Swain Cos.: part of known distribution [in GSMNP?] (Shelley 2000a). Swain Co.: ATBI, Ravensford, 1–8 Aug 2001, 8–15 Aug 2001, 15–22 Aug 2001, 9–16 Oct 2001, 16–23 Oct 2001, 23–30 Oct 2001, 30 Oct 2001, 28 Dec 2001, det. Shelley 2001.

Tennessee: Blount Co.: Tremont, 19 & 22 Jun 2007, B.A. Snyder; along Little River Road, Hwy. 73, 35 °40.205’N 83°40.714’W, 20 Jun 2007, B.A. Snyder.

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 28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.183566

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
C. L. Koch
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Polydesmida
Family
Paradoxosomatidae
Genus
Oxidus
Species
gracilis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Oxidus gracilis Koch, 1847 sec. Snyder, 2008

References

  • Hoffman, R. L. (1999 a) Checklist of the millipeds of Middle and North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication, 8, 1 - 581.
  • 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.