Millipeds from the eastern Dakotas and western Minnesota, USA, with an account of Pseudopolydesmus serratus (Say, 1821) (Polydesmida: Polydesmidae); first published records from six states and the District of Columbia
Author
Shelley, Rowland M.
Research Laboratory North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences MSC # 1626 Raleigh, NC 27699 - 1626 USA
rowland.shelley@ncdenr.gov
Author
Snyder, Bruce A.
Division of Biology Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 66506 - 4901 USA
basnyder@ksu.edu
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Insecta Mundi
2012
2012-06-15
2012
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10.5281/zenodo.5174370
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1942-1354
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Pleuroloma flavipes
Rafinesque, 1820
Published Records
.
Minnesota
:
Nobles Co
., Worthington (
Shelley 1980
).
North Dakota
:
North Dakota
in general (
Hoffman 1999
). Eastern
North Dakota
(
Shelley et al. 2003
).
Cass Co
., stockyard
8 km
(
5 mi
) from Fargo (
Shelley 1980
,
Shelley et al. 2003
).
New Records
.
Minnesota
:
Clay Co
.
,
Blue Stem Prairie
adjacent to
Buffalo River State Park
(
46
o
50' 30" N
,
96
o
28' 9" W
),
M
,
F
,
juv.
,
23 July 1996
(
NDSU
)
.
South Dakota
:
Day Co
.
,
Pickerel Lake State Park
(
45
o
30' 6" N
,
97
o
16' 58" W
), in house, 2MM, F,
3 September 1975
,
A. Friskep
(
NDSU
)
.
Lincoln Co
.
,
Newton Hills State Park
(
43
o
13' 29" N
,
96
o
34' 51" W
), M, 5 juvs.,
7 August 2011
,
RM Shelley
,
BA Snyder
(
NCSM
)
.
New State Record for the Species, Genus, Family, and Order.
Remarks
. Occurrence in Clay County, Minnesota, across the Red River from Cass County, North Dakota, confirms the record from Fargo. The northernmost localities in central North America, they are approximately
224 km
(
140 mi
) south of the International Border, so in
Canada
,
P. flavipes
may inhabit southeastern
Manitoba
as well as Essex County,
Ontario
(
Shelley 1988
,
2002c
).
Shelley et al. (2003)
predicted that
P. flavipes
surely occurs in the eastern periphery of South Dakota, along the Missouri and Big Sioux rivers, and the Lincoln Co. site confirms this prediction. The Day Co. locality is slightly west of I-29 and intermediate between Fargo and Lincoln Co. Published illustrations are available in
Shelley (1978
[as
Pleuroloma
sp.
],
1980
, 1988)