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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaMyriapodaDiplopodaChordeumatidaCleidogonidaePseudotremia

Pseudotremia hobbsi Hoffman, 1950

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Myriapoda
Class Diplopoda
Order Chordeumatida
Family Cleidogonidae
Genus Pseudotremia
Species Pseudotremia hobbsi Hoffman, 1950

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

Virginia, West Virginia

Counties

Virginia
Alleghany, Bath, Montgomery
West Virginia
Greenbrier, Monroe

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G4 Apparently Secure

G1G2G3G4▲G5

National ranks

United States
NNR

Subnational ranks

West Virginia
S2 Imperiled
Virginia
S4 Apparently Secure

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

  • 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
  • Shear, W.A. 1972. Studies in the milliped order Chordeumida (Diplopoda): A revision of the family Cleidogonidae and a reclassification of the order Chordeumida in the New World. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 144: 151–352. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4227660.

How to cite this account

Pseudotremia hobbsi Hoffman, 1950. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1982. https://cavebiology.org/species/pseudotremia-hobbsi/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

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