The millipede family Striariidae Bollman, 1893. IX. The identity of Striaria californica Cook, 1899, and the new genus Bayaria for Striaria nana Loomis, 1936, with a key to genera and an annotated checklist of the Striariidae (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea) Author Shear, William A. Professor Emeritus, Department of Biology, Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney VA 23943 USA, current address: 1950 Price Drive, Farmville VA 23901 USA. Author Marek, Paul E. Department of Entomology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA 24061 USA. text Zootaxa 2024 2024-06-07 5463 4 524 544 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5463.4.4 journal article 298490 10.11646/zootaxa.5463.4.4 4e6a43e4-e0a4-4882-8c70-e39b11398108 1175-5326 11612167 E3D0302E-AF02-43EA-9ABF-46E754DC655D Genus Striaria Bollman, 1888 Striaria Bollman, 1888 , Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 4: 108. Type species Striaria granulosa Bollman, 1888 , by original designation. Cook, 1899 , Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 21: 671. Loomis, 1936 , J. Washington Acad. Sci. 26: 409. Causey, 1952 , Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 65: 112. Hoffman, 1999 , Virginia Mus. Nat. Hist. Special Publ. 8: 208. Distributed in the Appalachian Mountains from western Maryland south to northern Georgia and west to Indiana , and in northern Idaho . A number of the species listed in Hoffman (1999) have been moved to other genera. Nine species.