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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaMyriapodaDiplopodaCallipodidaAbacionidaeAbacion

Abacion lactarium (Say, 1821)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Myriapoda
Class Diplopoda
Order Callipodida
Family Abacionidae
Genus Abacion
Species Abacion lactarium (Say, 1821)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Trogloxene
Realm
Terrestrial

Distribution

Range

Known from two counties across two states.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Georgia, Tennessee

Counties

Georgia
Bartow
Tennessee
Grundy

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G5 Secure

G1G2G3G4G5▲

National ranks

United States
NNR

Subnational ranks

Virginia
S5 Secure

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

  • Chamberlin, R.V. 1946. On some millipedes of Georgia. Entomological News 57: 149–152.
  • Loomis, H.F. 1939. The millipeds collected in Appalachian caves by Mr. Kenneth Dearolf. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 86: 165–193. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2775893.

How to cite this account

Abacion lactarium (Say, 1821). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1460. https://cavebiology.org/species/abacion-lactarium/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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