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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaMyriapodaDiplopodaSpirostreptidaCambalidaeCambala

Cambala reddelli Causey, 1964

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Myriapoda
Class Diplopoda
Order Spirostreptida
Family Cambalidae
Genus Cambala
Species Cambala reddelli Causey, 1964

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Troglophile
Realm
Terrestrial

Distribution

Range

Known from five counties across two states.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

New Mexico, Texas

Counties

New Mexico
Eddy
Texas
Childress, Culberson, Culbertson, Wheeler

Conservation and management

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

  • Barr, T.C. & Reddell, J.R. 1967. The arthropod cave fauna of the Carlsbad Caverns region, New Mexico. The Southwestern Naturalist 12: 253–273.
  • Causey, N.B. 1964. New cavernicolous millipeds of the family Cambalidae (Cambalidea: Spirostreptida) from Texas (U.S.A.) and Mexico. International Journal of Speleology 1: 237–246.

How to cite this account

Cambala reddelli Causey, 1964. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1544. https://cavebiology.org/species/cambala-reddelli/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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