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Apheloria Chamberlin, 1921

Apheloria montana
Apheloria montana

890999  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:890999)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Myriapoda (Subphylum)
  5. Diplopoda (Class)
  6. Chilognatha (Subclass)
  7. Helminthomorpha (Infraclass)
  8. Eugnatha (Subterclass)
  9. Merocheta (Superorder)
  10. Polydesmida (Order)
  11. Leptodesmidea (Suborder)
  12. Xystodesmoidea (Superfamily)
  13. Xystodesmidae (Family)
  14. Rhysodesminae (Subfamily)
  15. Apheloriini (Tribe)
  16. Apheloria (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Fontaria montana Bollman, 1887 accepted as Apheloria montana (Bollman, 1887) (type by original designation)
Leptocircus Attems, 1931 · unaccepted (preoccupied by Leptocircus...)  
preoccupied by Leptocircus Swainson, 1833, Lepidoptera

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  1. Species Apheloria corrugata (Wood, 1864)
  2. Species Apheloria montana (Bollman, 1887)
  3. Species Apheloria polychroma Marek, Means & Hennen, 2018
  4. Species Apheloria uwharrie Marek, Means, Hennen & Tingley, 2025
  5. Species Apheloria virginiensis Drury, 1770
  6. Species Apheloria whiteheadi (Shelley, 1986)
  7. Species Apheloria adela Chamberlin, 1939 accepted as Apheloria virginiensis corrugata Wood, 1864 accepted as Apheloria corrugata (Wood, 1864) (junior subjective synonym)
  8. Species Apheloria ainsliei Chamberlin, 1921 accepted as Falloria ainsliei (Chamberlin, 1921)
  9. Species Apheloria antrostomicola Hoffman, 1949 accepted as Rudiloria trimaculata trimaculata (Wood, 1864) accepted as Rudiloria trimaculata (Wood, 1864) (junior subjective synonym)
  10. Species Apheloria antrostromicola Hoffman, 1949 accepted as Rudiloria trimaculata trimaculata (Wood, 1864) accepted as Rudiloria trimaculata (Wood, 1864)
  11. Species Apheloria asburna Chamberlin, 1949 accepted as Apheloria virginiensis butleriana Bollman, 1889 accepted as Apheloria corrugata (Wood, 1864)
  12. Species Apheloria aspila Chamberlin, 1939 accepted as Apheloria montana (Bollman, 1887)
  13. Species Apheloria bidens Causey, 1942 accepted as Falloria bidens (Causey, 1942)
  14. Species Apheloria butleriana (Bollman, 1889) accepted as Apheloria virginiensis butleriana Bollman, 1889 accepted as Apheloria corrugata (Wood, 1864)
  15. Species Apheloria coriacea Hoffman, 1949 accepted as Apheloria virginiensis corrugata Wood, 1864 accepted as Apheloria corrugata (Wood, 1864)
  16. Species Apheloria coriacea (C. L. Koch, 1847) accepted as Fontaria coriacea C. L. Koch, 1847 accepted as Apheloria corrugata (Wood, 1864)
  17. Species Apheloria guyandotta Shear, 1972 accepted as Rudiloria guyandotta (Shear, 1972)
  18. Species Apheloria intermedia Hoffman, 1948 accepted as Sigmoria intermedia (Hoffman, 1948)
  19. Species Apheloria iowa Chamberlin, 1939 accepted as Apheloria virginiensis iowa Chamberlin, 1939 accepted as Apheloria corrugata (Wood, 1864)
  20. Species Apheloria keuka Chamberlin, 1939 accepted as Rudiloria trimaculata (Wood, 1864)
  21. Species Apheloria kleinpeteri Hoffman, 1949 accepted as Rudiloria kleinpeteri (Hoffman, 1949)
  22. Species Apheloria latior (Brölemann, 1900) accepted as Sigmoria latior (Brölemann, 1900)
  23. Species Apheloria luminosa (Kenyon, 1893) accepted as Pleuroloma flavipes Rafinesque, 1820
  24. Species Apheloria mohicana (Causey, 1955) accepted as Rudiloria mohicana Causey, 1955
  25. Species Apheloria nigrimontis (Chamberlin, 1947) accepted as Sigmoria nigrimontis nigrimontis (Chamberlin, 1947) accepted as Sigmoria nigrimontis (Chamberlin, 1947)
  26. Species Apheloria picta Hoffman, 1949 accepted as Rudiloria tortua (Chamberlin, 1949)
  27. Species Apheloria pinicola Chamberlin, 1947 accepted as Apheloria corrugata (Wood, 1864)
  28. Species Apheloria reducta Chamberlin, 1939 accepted as Apheloria virginiensis reducta Chamberlin, 1939 accepted as Apheloria corrugata (Wood, 1864)
  29. Species Apheloria roanea Chamberlin, 1947 accepted as Apheloria polychroma Marek, Means & Hennen, 2018
  30. Species Apheloria tigana Chamberlin, 1939 accepted as Apheloria virginiensis Drury, 1770
  31. Species Apheloria tonominea (Attems, 1899) accepted as Parafontaria tonominea (Attems, 1899)
  32. Species Apheloria tortua Chamberlin, 1949 accepted as Rudiloria tortua (Chamberlin, 1949)
  33. Species Apheloria trimaculata (Wood, 1864) accepted as Rudiloria tortua (Chamberlin, 1949)
  34. Species Apheloria unaka Chamberlin, 1939 accepted as Apheloria montana (Bollman, 1887)
  35. Species Apheloria virginia Chamberlin, 1939 accepted as Apheloria virginiensis virginiensis Drury, 1770 accepted as Apheloria virginiensis Drury, 1770
  36. Species Apheloria waccamana Chamberlin, 1940 accepted as Apheloria tigana Chamberlin, 1939 accepted as Apheloria virginiensis Drury, 1770
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Chamberlin, R. V. (1921). On some chilopods and diplopods from Knox Co., Tennessee. Canadian Entomologist, 53: 230-233, available online at https://doi.org/10.4039/ent53230-10
page(s): 232 [details] 
Etymology Chamberlin did not provide an etymology of the genus name Apheloria when he named it in 1921. It is presumed that the name...  
Etymology Chamberlin did not provide an etymology of the genus name Apheloria when he named it in 1921. It is presumed that the name is from the Greek apo (ἀπό) meaning away or off, and the Greek helios, meaningsun (ἥλιος) (Brown 1954). Chamberlin may have selected the name because millipedes in the genus Apheloria, and most members of the family Xystodesmidae, flee from the sun to avoid desiccation. Similarly, the genus nameappears similar to the word aphelion, which means a point on a circular orbit that is farthest from the sun. A circular orbit appears similar to the circular gonopods of the genus Apheloria. The circular acropodite is the basis of the single sentence description of the genus by Chamberlin (1921:232), “Erected for a group of species…in which the
telopodite of the gonopod of male is a simple, coiled blade with a small spur at base.” This latter explanation would be consistent with other genus names in the tribe Apheloriini Hoffman, 1980 by Chamberlin based on shape of the telopodite, such as Brachoria Chamberlin, 1939 and Sigmoria Chamberlin, 1939; and Rudiloria Causey, 1955. [details]
Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Apheloria Chamberlin, 1921. Accessed at: https://millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=890999 on 2026-06-04
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original description Chamberlin, R. V. (1921). On some chilopods and diplopods from Knox Co., Tennessee. Canadian Entomologist, 53: 230-233, available online at https://doi.org/10.4039/ent53230-10
page(s): 232 [details] 

original description (of Leptocircus Attems, 1931) Attems, C. M. T. Graf von. (1931). Die Familie Leptodesmidae und andere Polydesmiden. <em>Zoologica (Stuttgart).</em> (79): 1-150. Stuttgart.
page(s): 67 [details] 

taxonomy source Marek, P. E.; Means, J. C.; Hennen, D. A.; Tingley, C. (2025). Revision of the millipede genus Apheloria Chamberlin, 1921 (Polydesmida, Xystodesmidae, Apheloriini). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5701(3): 315-350., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5701.3.4 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Means, J. C.; Hennen, D. A.; Tanabe, T.; Marek, P. E. (2021). Phylogenetic Systematics of the Millipede Family Xystodesmidae. <em>Insect Systematics and Diversity.</em> 5(2)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixab003 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Marek, Means & Hennen. (2018). Apheloria polychroma, a new species of millipede from the Cumberland Mountains (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4375 (3): 409-425., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4375.3.7 [details] 

additional source Jeekel, C. A. W. (1971). Nomenclator generum et familiarum Diplopodorum: A list of the genus and family-group names in the Class Diplopoda from the 10th edition of Linnaeus, 1758, to the end of 1957. Monografieen van de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging, 5: 1-412. Amsterdam, available online at https://nev.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Mono-05-Jeekel-1970-OCR.pdf [details] 

additional source Attems, C. M. T. Graf von. (1931). Die Familie Leptodesmidae und andere Polydesmiden. <em>Zoologica (Stuttgart).</em> (79): 1-150. Stuttgart.
page(s): 6 [details] 

additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1978). Revalidation of the generic name Rudiloria Causey, 1955 (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae). Myriapodologica, 1 (1): 1-7. Radford [details] 

additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1980). Classification of the Diplopoda. 1-237. Genève. [details] 

additional source Shelley, R. M. (1986). A reconsideration of the milliped genus Sigmoria, with a revision of Deltotaria and an analysis of the genera in the tribe Apheloriini (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society, 35: 1-223. Philadelphia [details] 
 
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Diagnosis Diagnosis: Apheloria is distinct from other apheloriine genera based on the following combination of characters: Color. Tergites with 2–4 spots or stripes. Spot, stripe hues variable; usually yellow stripes, often with red spots on paranota (Fig. 2)—never with purple as in some species of Sigmoria. Those with yellow stripes often show a brick-red tinge on the inside margin of the paranotal spots. Gonopods. Gonopodal acropodite circular (Figs 3, 4A)—not smoothly oval-shaped (0-shaped), as in Rudiloria, nor D-shaped as in Sigmoria. Acropodite narrow, about one-half width of tibia on leg pair 9; of uniform width throughout. Acropodite gradually tapered to curved J- or L-shaped acuminate apex (Fig. 4B). Acropodite shaft without cingulum nor preapical teeth nor projections as in Appalachioria, Brachoria. Prefemur with a scythe-like prefemoral process located medially (Fig. 4B, pfp)— not absent, rounded, nor located marginally as in Appalachioria, Brachoria. Acropodite bent 90° posteroventrally at prefemur (Fig. 4B); prostatic groove bent 90° from cannula to acropodite base. With acute angle or distinct protuberance on corner of bend, “bend tubercle” (Fig. 4B, bt). Genus diagnosis notes: The genus diagnosis applies solely to the species of Apheloria besides A. whiteheadi, a geographically isolated species with very different looking acropodites. See diagnosis of A. whiteheadi below. [details]

Etymology Chamberlin did not provide an etymology of the genus name Apheloria when he named it in 1921. It is presumed that the name is from the Greek apo (ἀπό) meaning away or off, and the Greek helios, meaningsun (ἥλιος) (Brown 1954). Chamberlin may have selected the name because millipedes in the genus Apheloria, and most members of the family Xystodesmidae, flee from the sun to avoid desiccation. Similarly, the genus nameappears similar to the word aphelion, which means a point on a circular orbit that is farthest from the sun. A circular orbit appears similar to the circular gonopods of the genus Apheloria. The circular acropodite is the basis of the single sentence description of the genus by Chamberlin (1921:232), “Erected for a group of species…in which the
telopodite of the gonopod of male is a simple, coiled blade with a small spur at base.” This latter explanation would be consistent with other genus names in the tribe Apheloriini Hoffman, 1980 by Chamberlin based on shape of the telopodite, such as Brachoria Chamberlin, 1939 and Sigmoria Chamberlin, 1939; and Rudiloria Causey, 1955. [details]
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