Chaetaspis attenuatus Lewis & Slay, 2013

Taxonomy

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class

Troglobiont

Realm

Terrestrial

Troglomorphy

Troglomorphic

Distribution

Range

Known from two counties in Arkansas in the Ozarks karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Arkansas

Counties

Arkansas

Independence, Izard

Karst regions

Ozarks

Conservation and management

Ranks looked up 2 August 2026. Conservation status changes, and a rank here is as current as that date and no more.

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.

Other resources

Catalogue of Life

C6M2F

References

• Lewis, J.J. 2002l. Chaetaspis aleyorum, a new species of milliped from Tumbling Creek Cave, Missouri, with a synopsis of the cavernicolous species of Chaetaspis (Diplopoda: Polydesmida). Myriapodologica 7: 101–111. https://www.vmnh.net/content/vmnh/uploads/PDFs/research_and_collections/myriapodologica/myriapodologica_v7_11.pdf. details
• Lewis, J.J. & Slay, M.E. 2013. Chaetaspis attenuatus, a new species of cavernicolous milliped from Arkansas (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Macrosternodesmidae). Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 75: 60–63. doi:10.4311/2011LSC0253

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