Phylogenetic Systematics of the Millipede Family Xystodesmidae
Author
Means, Jackson C.
Department of Entomology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA,
Author
Hennen, Derek A.
Department of Entomology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA,
Author
Tanabe, Tsutomu
Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Kumamoto
Author
Marek, Paul E.
Department of Entomology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA,
paulemarek@gmail.com
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Insect Systematics and Diversity
2021
2021-03-01
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixab003
journal article
10.1093/isd/ixab003
2399-3421
5384533
A55797AF-B8E6-4E46-8FD2-53B5C79FCEF8
Genus
Idaloria
Marek, Means, Hennen
,
New Genus
Vernacular name: ‘The Mount Ida Millipede’
Type
species:
Cibularia profuga
Causey, 1955
.
Taxa included: monotypic.
Diagnosis:
Adult males of
Idaloria
are distinct from other genera of the tribe
Rhysodesmini
based on the following combination of characters:
Gonopods
. Acropodite linear, not curved as in the
Apheloriini
. Acropodite distinctly narrowed at apex, forming angular shoulder. Prefemoral process acicular, longer than one-half the length of the acropodite. Acropodite without a cingulum, as in
Brachoria
and
Appalachioria
.
Color
. Tergites with 2 red paranotal spots.
Nucleotide site substitutions
. 12S: C (94); 16S: T (146, 451); G (934, 1239); T (1017, 1322); C (1043, 1348); COI: T (265, 2541); 28S: T (1293, 5644).
Distribution:
Idaloria profuga
is known from a population in the Ouachita Mountains of Montgomery County,
Arkansas
and a second disjunct population in Ouachita Parish,
Louisiana
.
Etymology:
This genus is named after where the
type
was discovered on Mount Ida,
Arkansas
. The name is a combination of ‘Ida’ and the Latin -
orium
, ‘place for’. The ending ‘-
oria
’ is commonly used for genera in the family.