South Branch Valley Cave Millipede
Pseudotremia princeps Loomis, 1939

Taxonomy

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class

Troglophile

Realm

Terrestrial

Distribution

Range

Known from three counties in West Virginia.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

West Virginia

Counties

West Virginia

Grant, Pendleton, Pendleton?

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G1 Critically Imperiled

National ranks

United States

NNR

Subnational ranks

Virginia

S1 Critically Imperiled

West Virginia

S1 Critically Imperiled

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.
• 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.
• Loomis, H.F. 1943. New and epigen millipeds of the United States, with notes on some established species. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 92: 371–410. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2825746.
• 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.

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