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Diactis Loomis, 1937
891428 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:891428)
unaccepted (junior homonym of Diactis Hutton, 1880 in Coelenterata)
Genus
Diactis soleata Loomis, 1937 accepted as Etiron soleata (Loomis, 1937) (type by original designation)
- Species Diactis hedini Shelley & Richart, 2014
- Species Diactis amniscela Shelley, 1996 accepted as Etiron amniscela (Shelley, 1996) (old combination)
- Species Diactis cupola Shelley, 1996 accepted as Etiron cupola (Shelley, 1996) (old combination)
- Species Diactis frondifera Loomis, 1937 accepted as Etiron frondiferum (Loomis, 1937) (old combination)
- Species Diactis jacinto Shelley, 1996 accepted as Etiron jacinto (Shelley, 1996) (old combination)
- Species Diactis procera Shelley, 1996 accepted as Etiron procerum (Shelley, 1996) (old combination)
- Species Diactis soleata Loomis, 1937 accepted as Etiron soleata (Loomis, 1937) (old combination)
- Species Diactis strumella Shelley, 1996 accepted as Etiron strumella (Shelley, 1996) (old combination)
- Species Diactis triangula Loomis, 1937 accepted as Etiron triangulum (Loomis, 1937) (old combination)
feminine
Loomis, H. F. (1937). Crested millipeds of the family Lysiopetalidae in North America, with Descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 84(3006): 97-135. Washington
page(s): 110; note: original description of Diactis Loomis, 1937, junior homonym of Diactis Hutton, 1888 [details]
page(s): 110; note: original description of Diactis Loomis, 1937, junior homonym of Diactis Hutton, 1888 [details]
Nomenclature Diactis has not yet been formally synonymized under Etiron in the literature
Nomenclature Diactis has not yet been formally synonymized under Etiron in the literature [details]
Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Diactis Loomis, 1937. Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php/1zqjit%27%22()%7B%7D%3Cx%3E:1zqjit;9/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=891428 on 2025-05-04
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original description
Loomis, H. F. (1937). Crested millipeds of the family Lysiopetalidae in North America, with Descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 84(3006): 97-135. Washington
page(s): 110; note: original description of Diactis Loomis, 1937, junior homonym of Diactis Hutton, 1888 [details]
taxonomy source Shelley, R. M. (1996). The milliped order Callipodida in western North America (Schizopetalidae: Tynommatinae), and a summary of the New World fauna. Entomologica scandinavica, 27: 25-64. Lund
note: Shelley distinguished three species groups [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Hutton, F. W. (1880). Contributions to the Coelenterate fauna of New Zealand. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute,.</em> 12: 274-277., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33427754
page(s): 275; note: original description of Diactis Hutton, 1880, Coelenterata [details]
additional source Shelley, R. M.; Richart, C. H. (2014). Tynommatidae, n. stat., a family of western North American millipeds: Hypotheses on origins and affinities; tribal elevations; rediagnoses of <em>Diactis</em> Loomis, 1937, and <em>Florea</em> and <em>Caliactis</em>, both Shelley, 1996; and description of <em>D. hedini</em>, n. sp. (Callipodida: Schizopetalidea). <em>Insecta Mundi.</em> 0340: 1-19., available online at https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/845/ [details]
additional source Stoev, P.; Sierwald, P.; Billey, A. (2008). An annotated world catalogue of the millipede order Callipodida (Arthropoda: Diplopoda). Zootaxa, 1706: 1-50
page(s): 37 [details]
additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1999). Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. <em>Virginia Museum of Natural History, special publication.</em> 8: 1-584., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63590410
page(s): 197; note: listed Etiron as a junior synonym of Diactis, citing as source of synonymy Hoffman, 1980. [details]
source of synonymy Hoffman, R. L. (1980). Classification of the Diplopoda. 1-237. Genève.
page(s): 121; note: Hoffman synonymized Etiron Chamberlin, 1941, under Diactis Loomis, 1937, preoccupied by Diactis Hutton, 1880 (Coelenterata) [details]
page(s): 110; note: original description of Diactis Loomis, 1937, junior homonym of Diactis Hutton, 1888 [details]
taxonomy source Shelley, R. M. (1996). The milliped order Callipodida in western North America (Schizopetalidae: Tynommatinae), and a summary of the New World fauna. Entomologica scandinavica, 27: 25-64. Lund
note: Shelley distinguished three species groups [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Hutton, F. W. (1880). Contributions to the Coelenterate fauna of New Zealand. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute,.</em> 12: 274-277., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33427754
page(s): 275; note: original description of Diactis Hutton, 1880, Coelenterata [details]
additional source Shelley, R. M.; Richart, C. H. (2014). Tynommatidae, n. stat., a family of western North American millipeds: Hypotheses on origins and affinities; tribal elevations; rediagnoses of <em>Diactis</em> Loomis, 1937, and <em>Florea</em> and <em>Caliactis</em>, both Shelley, 1996; and description of <em>D. hedini</em>, n. sp. (Callipodida: Schizopetalidea). <em>Insecta Mundi.</em> 0340: 1-19., available online at https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/845/ [details]
additional source Stoev, P.; Sierwald, P.; Billey, A. (2008). An annotated world catalogue of the millipede order Callipodida (Arthropoda: Diplopoda). Zootaxa, 1706: 1-50
page(s): 37 [details]
additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1999). Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. <em>Virginia Museum of Natural History, special publication.</em> 8: 1-584., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63590410
page(s): 197; note: listed Etiron as a junior synonym of Diactis, citing as source of synonymy Hoffman, 1980. [details]
source of synonymy Hoffman, R. L. (1980). Classification of the Diplopoda. 1-237. Genève.
page(s): 121; note: Hoffman synonymized Etiron Chamberlin, 1941, under Diactis Loomis, 1937, preoccupied by Diactis Hutton, 1880 (Coelenterata) [details]
