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Nopoiulus kochii (Gervais, 1847)

Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Subphylum	Myriapoda
Class	Diplopoda
Order	Julida
Family	Blaniulidae
Genus	Nopoiulus
Species	Nopoiulus kochii (Gervais, 1847)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class: Trogloxene
Realm: Terrestrial

Distribution

Range

Known from three counties across two states.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Kentucky, Tennessee

Counties

Kentucky: Fayette
Tennessee: Hamilton, Overton

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G5 Secure

National ranks

United States: NNR
Canada: NNA

Subnational ranks

Virginia: S3 Vulnerable
Alberta: SNA Not Applicable
British Columbia: SNA Not Applicable
Ontario: SNA Not Applicable
Newfoundland and Labrador: SNA Not Applicable
Nova Scotia: SNA Not Applicable

Ranks looked up 3 September 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.

References

Causey, N.B. 1959. Some cavernicolous millipeds from the Cumberland Plateau. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 34: 229–237.

This account was last revised 6 September 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 3 September 2026.

How to cite this account

Nopoiulus kochii (Gervais, 1847). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2715. https://cavebiology.org/species/nopoiulus-kochii/ (accessed 22 October 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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