Cambala speobia Chamberlin, 1953
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Myriapoda |
| Class | Diplopoda |
| Order | Spirostreptida |
| Family | Cambalidae |
| Genus | Cambala |
| Species | Cambala speobia Chamberlin, 1953 |
Synonyms
- Cambala reddellii inornata Causey, 1964 (subjective synonym, CoL)
- Cambala reddelli Causey, 1964 (subjective synonym, CoL)
- Cambala caeca Loomis, 1953 (subjective synonym, CoL)
- Cambala captiosa Causey, 1959 (subjective synonym, CoL)
- Cambala reddellii Causey, 1964 (subjective synonym, CoL)
- Eclomus speobius (Chamberlin, 1952) (subjective synonym, CoL)
- Eclytus speobius Chamberlin, 1952 (subjective synonym, CoL)
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Troglobiont
- Realm
- Terrestrial
- Troglomorphy
- Troglomorphic
Distribution
Range
Known from 33 counties across two states in the Edwards Plateau and Balcones karst region.
Continent
North America
Countries
Mexico, United States
States and provinces
Mexico, Texas
Counties
- Mexico
- Acuna, Coahuila
- Texas
- Bandera, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Comal, Coryell, Crockett, Edwards, Gillespie, Hays, Irion, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Lampasas, Llano, Mason, Medina, Menard, Pecos, Real, San Saba, Schleicher, Sutton, Terrell, Travis, Uvalde, Val Verde, Williamson
Karst regions
Edwards Plateau and Balcones
Specimens
Type material
- Lectotype
- National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
- Type
- National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Collections holding material
| Institution | Lots |
|---|---|
| University of Texas, Biodiversity Center, Entomology Collection | 1277 |
| National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution | 2 |
| Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris | 1 |
| Illinois Natural History Survey | 1 |
| Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard | 1 |
| Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County | 1 |
1,283 cataloged lots in 6 collections. Compiled from GBIF and not an exhaustive census: many collections are not yet digitised, and holdings are added continually. Search GBIF for specimen records.
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Conservation and management
NatureServe
G4 Apparently Secure
Global rank last reviewed 21 August 2002.
Subnational ranks
- Texas
- SNR Unranked
Ranks looked up 23 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
References
- Causey, N.B. 1960. Speciation in North American cave millipeds. American Midland Naturalist 64: 116–122.
- 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.
- Chamberlin, R.V. & Hoffman, R.L. 1958. Checklist of the millipedes of North America. United States National Museum Bulletin 212: 1–236.
- Nicholas, G. 1960. Checklist of macroscopic troglobitic organisms of the United States. The American Midland Naturalist 64: 123–160. doi:10.2307/2422897
- Shelley, R.M. 1979. A synopsis of the millipede genus Cambala with a description of Cambala minor Bollman (Spirostreptida: Cambalidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 92: 551–571. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35514268. details
This account was last revised 28 August 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 23 August 2026.
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