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MilliBase name details

Fontaria luminosa Kenyon, 1893

AphiaID

1028809 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1028809)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Pleuroloma flavipes Rafinesque, 1820

Rank

Species

Parent

Fontaria Gray, 1832

Original name

Fontaria luminosa Kenyon, 1893

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Original description

Kenyon, F. C. (1893). A preliminary list of the Myriapoda of Nebraska, with descriptions of new species. Publications of the Nebraska Academy of Science. 3: 14–18.
page(s): 16 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2026). MilliBase. Fontaria luminosa Kenyon, 1893. Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1028809 on 2026-02-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-08-24 09:16:51Z

created

Spelda, Jörg

2026-01-16 02:34:48Z

changed

Hennen, Derek

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Sources (3)

original description Kenyon, F. C. (1893). A preliminary list of the Myriapoda of Nebraska, with descriptions of new species. Publications of the Nebraska Academy of Science. 3: 14–18.
page(s): 16 [details]

additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1999). Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History, special publication. 8: 1-584., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63590410
page(s): 296 (pdf) [details]

source of synonymy Marek, P. E.; Means, J. C.; Hennen, D. A.; Tingley, C. (2025). Revision of the millipede genus Apheloria Chamberlin, 1921 (Polydesmida, Xystodesmidae, Apheloriini). Zootaxa. 5701(3): 315-350., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5701.3.4
page(s): 334; note: Removal from Apheloria and placement under Pleuroloma flavipes. [details] Available for editors