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Annotated checklist of the millipeds of Florida (Arthropoda: Diplopoda)

Rowland M. Shelley North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences

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Annotated checklist of the millipeds of Florida (Arthropoda: Diplopoda)

Rowland M. Shelley Research Laboratory North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, North Carolina 27607

Abstract. The milliped fauna of Florida consists of 8 orders, 18 families, 34 genera, and 51 and subspecies; it comprises six elements: widespread species occurring widely in Florida, northern species reaching their southern limits in , neotropical species occurring naturally in Florida or adventive there, oriental adventives, Florida endemics, and southeastern endemics. A complete listing of these taxa is provided, with published and new records from the state, synonyms, and type localities. Georgiulus paynei Hoffman, Cleidogoiza alata Causey, and Pseudopolydesinus serratus (Say) are newly recorded from the state, and Eurymerodesmus serratus Shelley is deleted; Pseudojulus obtectus (Bollman) is recorded from Alabama.

Key words. milliped, Florida

Introduction With the publication of this checklist, Florida becomes the fifth state whose milliped fauna has Because of its position at the subtropical corner been documented, the others being Ohio (Williams of the southeastern United States, Florida has a and Hefner 1928), Michigan (Johnson 1954, Snider unique milliped fauna. While lacking the diversity 1991), California (Buckett 1964, Shelley in press), of states to the north, which have more physio- and North Carolina (Shelley 2000a). These regional graphic regions, Florida nevertheless harbors en- listings supplement the two national publications demic taxa and a mixture of adventive species from (Chamberlin and Hoffman 1958, Hoffman 1999) the Neotropical and Oriental realms. Added to this from which faunal information can be gleaned for are a number of local southeastern endemics and any state in the continental United States. This northern species that reach their southern limit in checklist records a fauna of 8 orders, 18families, 34 north Florida, and one has a surprisingly diverse genera, and 51 species and subspecies in Florida fauna for a state with only one physiographic prov- with one deletion; three species - Georgiulus pay- ince. nei Hoffman, Cleidogona alata Causey, and Florida millipeds have been recorded in a host of Pseudopolydesmus serratus (Say) -are new records publications over the years, but there has never for the state. The format for the accounts includes a been a consolidated report on the state's fauna. listing of synonyms relevant to Florida, the type Causey (1960) stated that 32 genera were known locality (given as a state or country when not in from the state, and Hoffman (1969) estimated that Florida), occurrence in Florida including published there were 10 families, 15 genera, and 16 species and new records, pertinent references, and miscel- around Gainesville, and 7 families, 8 genera, and 8 laneous remarks where appropriate. For the new species atMiami. These numbers would be higher if records, locality details are provided when there are any representatives of the had been six or fewer new counties, and counties alone are recorded from the state. This adventive family, presented when there are more than six. Acronyms native to the Palearctic, occurs throughout North of sources of preserved material are as follows: America, primarily in urban environments, and Hoffman (1999) counted four genera and nine spe- AMNH -American Museum of Natural History, cies from the continent. However, I know of no New York, New York. published records from Florida and I have not FMNH - Field Museum of Natural History, searched through the wealth of julid samples in Chicago, Illinois. American repositories looking for samples from the FSC - Biology Department, Florida Southern state. Consequently, the family Julidae remains College, Lakeland. unknown from Florida. 242 Volume 14, No. 4, December, 2000, INSECTA MUNDI

FSCA - Florida State Collection of , Macroxenodes Silvestri, 1948 Gainesville. INHS - Illinois Natural History Survey, Cham- Macroxenodes bartschi (Chamberlin, 1923) paign. Synonym. Polyxe~zusbartschi. NCSM - North Carolina State Museum of Nat- Type locality. Tortugas Key, Monroe Co. ural Sciences, Raleigh. Occurrence in Florida. Published records: NMNH - National Museum of Natural History, Tortugas and Upper Snipe Keys, Monroe Co. New Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. records: None. UCF - Biology Department, University of Cen- References. Chamberlin 1922, Nguyen Duy- tral Florida, Orlando. Jacquemin and Cond6 1984, Condk 1996. UMMZ - University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Ann Arbor. VMNH - Virginia Museum of Natural History, Subclass Martinsville. Infraclass Helminthomorpha WAS - Private collection of W. A. Shear, Hamp- Subterclass den-Sydney, Virginia. Family Genus Rhinotus Cook, 1896 Deletion Order Rhinotus purpureus (Pocock, 1894) Family Eurymerodesmidae Synonym. Siphonotus iniainieizsis. Type locality. St. Vincent. Eurymerodesmus serratus Shelley, 1990 Occurrence in Florida. Published records: The type locality for this species is in Pulaski Dade and Pinellas counties. New records: Monroe County, Arkansas, and I (Shelley 1990) discussed Co., Islamorada, Lower Matecumbe Key, and Stock an additional sample from, supposedly, Alachua Island (FSCA, NCSM). Volusia Co., DeLand (FSCA). County, Florida. Hoffman (1999) stated that this References. Causey 1953, 1965. locality should be held in suspicion until confirmed Remarks. Rhiizotzks purpureus is an adventive with fresh material, and I would go this one better species that should be expected in urban environ- by formally deleting E. serratus from the state. I ments throughout . now believe this locality is too implausible to war- rant further consideration. Subterclass Eugnatha The Millipeds of Florida Superorder Order Subclass Penicillata Family Order Genus Virgoiulus Enghoff, 1984 Family Genus Latreille, 180211803 Virgoiulus minutus (Brandt, 1841) Synonym. Julus liizeatus, miizutus. Polyxenus fasciculatus Say, 1821 Type locality. Virginia. Synonyms. None. Occurrence in Florida. Published record: Type locality. Originally just the "Southern Escambia County. New records: Gadsden Co. States"; Cond6 (1996) designated a neotype from (FSCA). Jefferson Co. (FSCA). Leon Co., Tall Tim- Georgia. bers Res. Sta. (FSCA). Liberty Co., Torreya St. Pk. Occurrence in Florida. Published records: (FSCA). Putnam Co., Red Water Lake (FSCA). San- Florida in general, Palm Beach County. New ta Rosa Co., Sandy (FSCA). records: Alachua, Broward, Collier, DeSoto, Es- References. McNeill1887, Bollman 1887, En- cambia, Glades, Highlands, Jackson, Jefferson, ghoff and Shelley 1979. Lake, Lee, Leon, Levy, Marion, Martin, Monroe, Osceola, Sarasota, St. Lucie, and Wakulla counties Family Nemasomatidae (AMNH, FSCA, FMNH, WAS). Genus Orinisobates Lohmander, 1932 Reference. Cond6 1996. INSECTA MUNDI, Vol. 14, No. 4, December, 2000 243

Orinisobates nigrior (Chamberlin, 1943) Type locality. Myalrlra River State Park, Man- Synonyms. None. atee County. Type locality. Tennessee. Occurrence in Florida. Published records: Occurrence in Florida. Published record: Dade, Highlands, Manatee, and Sarasota counties. Liberty County. New records: None. Reference. Loomis 1963, Shelley 2000b. Reference. Enghoff 1985. Gyniulus occidentalis Shelley, 2000 Family Parajulidae Synonyms. None. Genus Arvechambus Causey, 1963 Type locality. St. Andrews State Park, Bay County. Arvechambus australis Causey, 1963 Occurrence in Florida. Published record: Synonyms. None. Bay County. New records: None. Type locality. Gainesville, Alachua County. Reference. Shelley 2000b. Occurrence in Florida. Published record: Alachua County. New records: None. Gyniulus orarius Shelley, 2000 Reference. Causey 1963. Synonyms. None. Type locality. Dunedin, Pinellas County. Arvechambus hummi Causey, 1963 Occurrence in Florida. Published records: Synonyms. None. Manatee, Pasco, and Pinellas counties. New Type locality. Tallahassee, Leon County. records: None. Occurrence in Florida. Published records: Reference. Shelley 2000b. Baker, Leon, and Liberty counties. New records: None. Genus Pseudojulus Bollman, 1887 Reference. Causey 1963. Pseudojulus obtectus (Bollman, 1887) Genus Georgiulus Hoffman, 1992 Synonyms. None. Type locality. Pensacola, Escambia County. Georgiulus paynei Hoffman, 1992 Occurrence in Florida. Published records: Synonyms. None. Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. New records: Type locality. Georgia. Okaloosa Co., Crestview and Valparaiso (FSCA). Occurrence in Florida. Published records: Walton Co., 8.5 mi (13.6 km) W DeFuniak Springs None. New records: Leon Co., Tallahassee and (FSCA). Tall Timbers Res. Sta. (FSCA). Nassau Co., Amelia Reference. Hoffman 1992. I., public beach access area off FL hwy. A1A ca. 3 mi Remarks. I confirm Hoffman's prediction (1992) (4.8 km) N south end of island (NCSM). that P. obtectus must occur in southern Alabama, as References. None. the FSCA contains a female from Springhill Col- Remarks. Georgiulus paylzei is a new record lege, Mobile, Mobile County. for Florida.

Genus Gyniulus Loomis, 1963 Order Family Floridobolidae Gyniulus bufonius (Chamberlin, 1938) Genus Causey, 1957 Synonyms. Ethojulus bufolzius, Gylziulus lacus- trims. Floridobolus penneri Causey, 1957 Type locality. Gainesville, Alachua County. Synonyms. None. Occurrence in Florida. Published records: Type locality. Along Florida highway 70, 10 Alachua, Clay, Duval, Orange, and Palm Beach mi. W of Archbold Biological Station, Highlands counties. New records: None. County. References. Chamberlin 1938, Shelley 2000b. Occurrence in Florida. Published records: Highlands and Polk counties. New records: None. Gyniulus myakkensis Loomis, 1963 References. Causey 1957, Keeton 1959, Dey- Synonyms. Gyrziulus domesticus. rup and Franz 1994. 244 Volume 14, No. 4, December, 2000, INSECTA MUNDI

Remarks. According to Deyrup and Franz Records from Carter County, Tennessee, and (1994), this diplopod, commonly known as the Flor- Charleston County, South Carolina (Keeton 1960), ida Scrub Milliped, is endemic to the Lake Wales were deleted by Shelley and Bauer (1997). Ridge in these counties of Florida. Order Family Family Genus Chicobolus Chamberlin, 1947 Genus Gray, 1832

Chicobolus spinigerus (Wood, 1864) Cambala annulata (Say, 1821) Synonyms. Spirobolus spinigerus, C. pilsbryi, Synonyms. Cambala cristula. C. jucundus. Type locality. "Southern states." Type locality. Restricted to Na- Occurrence in Florida. Published record: tional Park, Dadernonroe counties by Causey (1955), Jackson County. New records: Jefferson Co., Mon- but no neotype was designated. ticello (FSCA). Liberty Co., Torreya State Park Occurrence in Florida. Published records: (FSCA). Alachua, Charlotte, Citrus, Collier, Dade, Duval, References. Loomis 1943a, Hoffman 1958, Peck Escambia, Franklin, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, 1970. Hillsborough, Indian River, Lee, Leon, Levy, Man- atee, Marion, Monroe, Orange, Palm Beach, Pasco, Superorder Nematophora Polk, and Volusia counties. New record: Liberty Order Co., Torreya St. Pk. (UMMZ). Family Branneriidae References. Causey 1955, Keeton 1960. Genus Branneria Bollman, 1893

Genus Rafinesque, 1820 Branneria carinata (Bollman, 1888) Synonyms. None. (Beauvois, 1805) Type locality. Tennessee Synonyms. Narceus americanus americanus, Occurrence in Florida. Published records: Spirobolus marginatus. Jackson and Liberty counties. New records: Es- Type locality. South Carolina. cambia Co., 11.6mi (18.6 km) NW Pensacola (NCSM). Occurrence in Florida. Published records: Gadsden Co., Quincy (NMNH). Jefferson Co., local- Alachua, Charlotte, Duval, Escambia, Hernando, ity unknown (FSCA). Highlands, Hillsborough, Indian River, Lake, Mon- Reference. Shear 1972. roe, Pinellas, and Volusia counties. New records: Jackson, Lee, Liberty, Orange, Putnam, Santa Rosa, Family Cleidogonidae and Sarasota counties (FSCA, NCSM). Genus Cleidogona Cook, 1895 References. Keeton 1960, Bennnett and Kerr 1973. Cleidogona alata Causey, 1961 Remarks. These records show that N. america- Synonyms. None. nus should be expected throughout the state of Type locality. Georgia. Florida. Occurrence in Florida. Published records: None. New record: Clay Co., Spring Cr. along FL Narceus gordanus (Chamberlin, 1943) hwy. 21 S jct. FL hwy. 16 (NCSM). Synonyms. Spirobolus gordanus, Arctobolus References. None. keysi, Narceus keysi. Remarks. Cleidogona alata is a new record for Type locality. Punta Gorda, Charlotte Coun- Florida. ty. Occurrence in Florida. Published records: Cleidogona australis Loomis, 1966 Alachua, Broward, Collier, Hernando, Highlands, Synonyms. None. Hillsborough, Lake, Marion, Palm Beach, Polk, and Type locality. Highlands Hammock State Park, St. Johns counties. New records: None. Highlands County. Reference. Keeton 1960. Occurrence in Florida. Published record: Remarks. Narceusgordanus is endemic to pen- Highlands County. New records: None. insular Florida, from Alachua County southward. References. Loomis 1966, Shear 1972. INSECTA MUNDI, Vol. 14, No. 4, December, 2000 245

Remarks. The types of this species were not at Genus Delophon Chamberlin, 1943 the Smithsonian Institution in 1972, and C. austra- lis could not be treated by Shear. They are now Delophon serrulatum Causey, 1954 there. Synonyms. None. Type locality. Alabama. Cleidogona hadena Causey, 1961 Occurrence in Florida. Published record: Synonyms. None. Liberty County. New records: None. Type locality. Juniper Springs, Marion Coun- Reference. Shelley 1996. ty. Occurrence in Florida. Published record: Superorder Merocheta Marion County. New record: Columbia Co., 12 mi Order Polydesmida (19.2 km) N Lake City (AMNH). Family Eurymerodesmidae References. Causey 1961, Shear 1972. Genus Eurymerodesmus Brolemann, 1900

Cleidogona sp. Eurymerodesmus varius varius (McNeill, 1887). Occurrence in Florida: Volusia Co., Orange Synonyms. Polydesmus varius, Leptodesmus City (NCSM). varius, Eurymerodesmus minimus. Remarks. For completion, I list here an addi- Type locality. Pensacola, Escambia County. tional county from which unidentifiable females of Occurrence in Florida. Published records: Cleidogona have been collected. Duval, Escambia, Gilchrist, Hernando, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, and Okaloosa counties. New Order record: Bay Co., along FL hwy. 20 at Ecofina Cr. Family Caspiopetalidae (NCSM). Genus Abacion Rafinesque, 1820 References. McNeill1887, Loomis 1943b, Shel- ley 1990. Abacion lactarium (Say, 1821) Synonyms. Family Type locality. Pennsylvania. Genus Auturus Chamberlin, 1942 Occurrence in Florida. Published records: Peninsular Florida south to southernmost extrem- Auturus erythropygos becki Chamberlin, 1951 ity of . No specific locali- Synonym. Auturus becki. ties have been recorded, but Shelley (1984a) pub- Type locality. An unspecified locality along lished a map showing occurrence throughout Flor- the Suwannee River. ida except for the Keys. New records: Alachua, Occurrence in Florida. Published records: Baker, Bay, Broward, Clay, Collier, Dade, DeSoto, Columbia and Suwannnee counties. New records: Duval, Hamilton, Highlands, Hillsborough, Indian Gilchrist Co., along FL hwy. 340 at Suwannee R. River, Jackson, Jefferson, Lake, Lee, Leon, Levy, (NCSM). Hamilton Co., Suwannee River St. Pk. Liberty, Manatee, Marion, Martin, Monroe, Or- (NCSM). Levy Co., Manatee Springs St. Pk. (NCSM). ange, Palm Beach, Pasco, Polk, Putnam, Santa References. Chamberlin 1951, Shelley 1982. Rosa, Seminole, St. Johns, and Walton counties (AMNH, FMNH, FSCA, MCZ, NCSM, NMNH, Genus Euryurus C. L. Koch, 1847 VMNH). References. Shelley 1984a. Euryurus maculatus C. L. Koch, 1847 Synonyms. E. falcipes. Abacion tesselatum Rafinesque, 1820 Type locality. Unknown. Synonyms. None. Occurrence in Florida. Published records: Type locality. Kentucky. Jackson and Liberty counties. New records: Jef- Occurrence in Florida. Published records: ferson Co., Monticello, Hort. Lab. (FSCA). Escambia, Jackson, and Liberty counties. New Leon Co., Tallahassee, Florida State Univ. campus records: Escambia Co., Pensacola (FSCA). Jackson (FSCA). Co., Florida Caverns St. Pk. (NCSM). Liberty Co., Reference. Hoffman 1978. Bristol (FSCA). Reference: Shelley 1984a. 246 Volume 14, No. 4, December, 2000, INSECTA MUNDI

Family Haplodesmidae liped, unquestionably occurs in urban environments Genus Prosopodesmus Silvestri, 1910 in all counties of Florida.

Prosopodesmus jacobsoni Silvestri, 1910 Family Synonyms. None. Genus Pseudopolydesmus Attems, 1899 Type locality. Indonesia. Occurrence in Florida. Published records: Pseudopolydesmus canadensis (Newport, 1814) Citrus, Dade, Pasco, and Volusia counties. New Synonyms. Dixidesinus phanus, Dixidesmus records: None. branneri. Reference. Shelley and Glovatch 2000. Type locality. Ontario, Canada. Occurrence in Florida. Published records: Family Paradoxosomatidae Alachua and Suwannee counties. New records: Genus Asiomorpha Verhoeff, 1939 Clay Co., jct. FL hwys 21 & 16 (NCSM). Columbia Co., along Santa Fe R. ca. 8 mi (12.8 km) S Fort Asiomorpha coarctata (Saussure, 1860) White (FSCA). Lake Co., Cassia (FSCA). Levy Co., Synonym. Orthomorpha coarctata. jct. US hwy. 19 and FL hwy. 24 (NCSM). Type locality. French . Reference. Hoffman 1950. Chamberlin 1951. Occurrence in Florida. Published records: Broward County; central and southern portions of Pseudopolydesmus serratus (Say, 1821) the peninsula. New records: Monroe Co., Big Pine Synonyms. None. Key (NCSM). Palm Beach Co., Pahokee (AMNH). Type locality. Virginia. Polk Co., Lakeland (FSC). Occurrence in Florida. Published records: References. Bennett and Kerr 1973, Weems None. New records: Bay Co., Ecofina Cr. at FL and Loomis 1974. hwy. 388 (NCSM). Gadsden Co., 1andingonApalach- icola R. S of Hwy. 1-10 (NCSM). Genus Helicorthomorpha Attems, 1914 References. None. Remarks. Pseudopolydesmus serratus is a new Helicorthomorpha holstii (Pocock, 1895) record for Florida. Synonyms. None. Type locality. Japan (Okinawa). Family Pyrgodesmidae Occurrence in Florida. Published record: Genus Calyptodesmus Schubart, 1944 Orange County. New records: None. Reference. Shelley and Edwards 2001. Calyptodesmus sanctus Schubart, 1944 Remarks. This milliped is known only from a Synonym. Calyptodesmus schubarti nursery that is shipping plants across Florida, caus- Type locality. ing Shelley and Edwards to believe that it will Occurrence in Florida. Published records: eventually be found elsewhere and should be in- Alachua, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Hernando, High- cluded in the state's fauna. lands, Hillsborough, Jefferson, Leon, Levy, Marion, Pasco, St. Lucie, andTaylor counties. New records: Genus Oxidus Cook, 1911 None. References. Causey 1960, Hoffman 1993, Shel- Oxidus gracilis (C. L. Koch, 1847) ley and Golovatch 2001. Synonym. Orthomorpha gracilis. Type locality. Austria (adventive population). Genus Lophodesmus Pocock, 1894 Occurrence in Florida. Published records: Said to be statewide. New records: Alachua, Colli- Lophodesmus caraibianus (Chamberlin, 1918) er, Dade, Duval, Martin, Monroe, Polk, and Volusia Synonyms. None. counties (AMNH, FSC, FSCA, INHS, NCSM, Type locality. Haiti. NMNH). Occurrence in Florida. Published record: Reference. Bennett and Kerr 1973, Weems Dade County. New records: None. and Loomis 1974. Reference. Causey 1960. Remarks. An adventive, synanthropic diplo- pod, 0. gracilis, the hothouse or greenhouse mil- INSECTA MUNDI, Vol. 14, No. 4, December, 2000 247

Genus Myrmecodesmus Silvestri, 1910 Caralinda dactylifera Shelley, 1983 Synonyms. None. Myrmecodesmus digitatus (Loomis, 1959) Type locality. Panama City, Bay County. Synonyms. None. Occurrence in Florida. Published records: Type locality. Louisiana. Bay, Okoloosa, and Walton counties. New records: Occurrence in Florida. Published record: None. Calhoun County. New records: None. Reference. Shelley 1983. Reference. Hoffman 1999, Shelley and Golo- vatch 2001. Caralinda pulchritecta Shelley, 1979 Synonyms. None. Myrmecodesmus formicarius Silvestri, 1910 Type locality. Welcome Center on US hwy. Synonyms. None. 231, ca. 3 mi (4.8 km) N Campbellton, Jackson Type locality. Mexico. County. Occurrence in Florida. Published record: Occurrence in Florida. Published record: Calhoun County. New records: None. Jackson County. New records: None. References. Shelley and Golovatch 2001. References. Shelley 1979, 1983.

Genus Poratia Cook and Cook, 1894 Genus Dicellarius Chamberlin, 1920

Poratia digitata (Porat, 1889) Dicellarius bimaculatus bimaculatus (McNeill, Synonym. Poratioides disparatus. 1887) Type locality. Sweden (from a greenhouse). Synonyms. Polydesrnus bimaculatus, Fontar- Occurrence in Florida. Published record: ia bimaculata, Spathoria bimaculata, Dicellarius Dade County. New records: None. bimaculatus. References. Loomis 1973, Shelley and Golo- Type locality. Pensacola, Escambia County. vatch 2001. Occurrence in Florida. Published record: Remarks. Though described from a thelytok- Escambia County. New records: None. ous population in Sweden, this species is presum- Reference. Shelley 1984b. ably native to Central America. Dicellarius bimaculatus fictus (Chamberlin, Genus Psochodesmus Cook, 1896 1943) Synonyms. None. Psochodesmus crescentis Cook, 1896 Type locality. Georgia. Synonyms. None. Occurrence in Florida. Published records: Type locality. Crescent City, Putnam County. Bay, Calhoun, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Occurrence in Florida. Published records: Liberty, Walton, and Washington counties. New Dade, Indian River, and Putnam counties. New records: Gadsden Co., landing on Apalachicola R. records: None. S of 1-10 (NCSM). Wakulla Co., Newport, camp- References. Cook 1896, Loomis 1934, Shelley ground on St. Marks R. (NCSM) and St. Marks. Nat. and Golovatch 2001. Wildlife Ref. (FSCA). Reference. Shelley 1984b. Family Genus Caralinda Hoffman, 1978 Dicellarius okefenokensis (Chamberlin, 1918) Synonyms. Epeloria nannoides. Caralinda causeyae Shelley, 1983 Type locality. Georgia. Synonym. Caralinda causeyi. Occurrence in Florida. Published records: Type locality. TallTimbers Res. Sta., ca. 22 mi Alachua, Baker, Clay, Columbia, Hamilton, Her- (35.2 km) N Tallahassee, Leon County. nando, Marion, Nassau, Pasco, Putnam, Seminole, Occurrence in Florida. Published records: and Suwannee counties. New records: Duval Co., Jefferson and Leon counties. New records: None. Jacksonville (FSCA). Orange Co., Orlando (UCF). Reference. Shelley 1983. Reference. Shelley 1984b. 248 Volume 14, No. 4, December, 2000, INSECTA MUNDI

Genus Pleuroloma Rafinesque, 1820 Occurrence in Florida. Published record: Duval County. New record: Nassau Co., Fernandi- Pleuroloma cala (Chamberlin, 1939) na Beach (NCSM). Synonyms. Ziizaria cala. References. Shelley 1984c, Shelley and White- Type locality. East of Deer Park, Osceolal head 1986. Brevard counties. Occurrence in Florida. Published records: Discussion Alachua, Brevard, Broward, Clay, Dade, Highlands, Indian River, Lake, Levy, Marion, Monroe, Osceola, The 51 species and subspecies in Florida com- Palm Beach, Polk, Putnam, and Seminole counties. prise six elements. The panhandle and the northern New records: Collier, Flagler, Hernando, Hillsbor- part of the state are largely inhabited by species ough, St. Johns, Sumter, andvolusia counties (FSC, occurring in states to the north; some occur only in FSCA, NCSM, NMNH). the adjacent states and are classified as southeast- Reference. Shelley 1980. ern endemics, but six occur well to the north and are truly northern species that reach their southern Pleuroloma plana Shelley, 1980 distributional limits here. As one moves southward Synonyms. None. into the peninsula, species that are endemic to Type locality. Wakulla SpringsResort, Wakul- Florida are encountered, and these are mixed with la County. southeastern endemics and neotropical species that Occurrence in Florida. Published records: either occur naturally in the state or have arrived Gadsden, Hamilton, Jackson, Leon, Liberty, Tay- here. Most of these species have arrived in Florida, lor, Wakulla, and Walton counties. New record: examples being Rhinotus purpureus and Prosopo- Jefferson Co., Monticello, Big Bend Hort. Lab desmus jacobsoni, but Macroxenodes bartschi ap- (FSCA) . pears to occur naturally in the Tortugas and Monroe Reference. Shelley 1980. County. The fauna of the southern part of the peninsula is primarily neotropical, although there Genus Sigmoria Chamberlin, 1939 are widespread species (Narceus americanus and Abacioiz lactarium) and one Florida endemic, Pleu- Sigmoria (Cheiropus) australis Shelley, 1986 roloma cala. The six elements of the Florida fauna Synonym. None. and the component species are listed below: Type locality. Torreya State Park, Liberty County. Widespread species occurring widely in Flor- Occurrence in Florida. Published records: ida (3 species): Polyxenus fasciculatus, Narceus Jackson and Liberty counties. New records: Gads- americaizus, Abacion lactarium. den Co., 1andingonApalachicolaR.S of 1-10(NCSM); and along FL hwy. 12, 12 mi (19.2 km) E Havana Northern species reaching their southern lim- (NCSM). Leon Co., Tallahassee, Lake Jackson it in north Florida (6 species): Virgoiulus minu- Mounds St. Pk. (NCSM). Suwannee Co., Live Oak tus, Orinisobates nigrior, Cambala annulata, Aba- (FSCA). cion tesselatum, Pseudopolydesmus canadensis, P. Reference. Shelley and Whitehead 1986. serratus.

Sigmoria (Cheiropus) planca (Loomis, 1944) Neotropical species occurring naturally in Synonym. Cheiropus plancus. Florida or adventive there (9 species): Macrox- Occurrence in Florida. Published records: enodes bartschi, Rhinotus purpureus, Prosopodes- Alachua, Bradford, Columbia, Hamilton, Hernan- mus jacobsoni, Calyptodesmus sanctus, Lophodes- do, Jefferson, and Leon counties. New records: mus caraibianus, Myrmecodesmus digitatus, M. None. formicarius, Poratia digitata, Psochodesmus cres- References. Shelley 1984c, Shelley and White- centis. head 1986. Sigmoria (Cheiropus) serrata (Shelley, 1984) Oriental adventives (3 species): Asiomorpha Synonym. Cheiropus serratus. coarctata, Oxidus gracilis, Helicorthomorpha hol- Type locality. Georgia. stii. INSECTA MUNDI, Vol. 14, No. 4, December, 2000 249

Florida Endemics or species known only from Causey, N. B. 1960. The neotropical millipeds in this state (13 species/subspecies):Arvechambus Florida, including Calyptodesmus schubarti, n. australis, A. hummi, Gyniulus bufonius, G. my- sp. (Stylodesmidae: Polydesmida). Florida En- akkensis, G. occidentalis, G. orarius, Floridobolus tomologist, 43: 147-149. penneri, Narceus gordanus, Cleidogona australis, Causey, N. B. 1961. Three new millipeds of the C. hadelza, Auturus erythropygos becki (may also genus Cleidogona (Cleidogonidae: Chordeumi- occur in southern Georgia), Caralinda dactylifera, da) from the southern states. Florida Entomol- Pleuroloma cala. ogist, 44: 35-39. Causey, N. B. 1963. Arvechambus, a new genus Southeastern Endemics (17 species/subspe- from Florida and Georgia (Diplopoda: Iulida: cies):Georgiuluspaynei, Pseudojulus obtectus, Chi- Paraiulidae). Proceedings of the LouisianaAcad- cobolus spinigerus, Branneria carinata, Cleidogona emy of Sciences, 26: 66-75. alata, Delophon serrulatum, Eurymerodesmus v. Causey, N. B. 1965.Additions to the milliped genus varius, Euryurus maculatus, Caralinda causeyae, Siphonoconus (Siphonotidae: Polyzoniida). Pro- C. pulchritecta, Dicellarius b. bimaculatus, D. b. ceedings of the Louisiana Academy of Science, fictus, D. okefenokensis, Pleurolomaplalza, Sigmo- 28: 51-55. ria (Cheiropus) australis, S. (C.) planca, S. (C.) Chamberlin, R. V. 1922. A new milliped of the serrata. genus Polyxenus from the . Ento- mological News, 33: 165. Chamberlin, R. V. 1938. New diplopods. Proceed- Acknowledgements ings of the Biological Society of Washington, 51: 205-208. I thank the following curators and collection Chamberlin, R. V. 1951. Records of American managers for loans from or access to the indicated millipeds and centipeds collected by Dr. D. El- collections: N. I. Platnick (AMNH), P. Sierwald don Beck in 1950. Great Basin Naturalist, 11: (FMNH), G. B. Edwards (FSCA), K. Zeiders (INHS), 27-35. J. A. Coddington (NMNH), D. G. Corey (UCF), M. F. Chamberlin, R. V., and R. L. Hoffman. 1958. O'Brien (UMMZ), and R. L. Hoffman (VMNH). My Checklist of the millipeds of North America. colleague W. A. Shear kindly loaned material in his United States National Museum Bulletin, 212: private holdings. 1-236. CondB, B. 1996. Une approche des Diplopoda Pen- icillata de 1'AmQriquedu Nord. In: Geoffroy, J.- References cited J., Maurihs, J.-P., and Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, M., eds., Acta Myriapodologica. MQmoires du Bennett, D. R., and S. H. Kerr. 1973. MusQum National #Histoire Naturelle, 169: in and around structures in Florida. Florida 127-135. Entomologist, 56: 43-48. Cook, 0.F. 1896. Cryptodesmus and its allies. Bollman, C. H. 1887. Notes on North American Brandtia, 5: 19-28. Julidae. Annals of the New York Academy of Deyrup, M., and R. Franz. 1994. Rare and Endan- Science, 4: 25-44. gered Invertebrates of Florida Vol. 14. Inverte- Buckett, J. S. 1964. Annotated list of the Diplopo- brates. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, da of California. Simmons Publ. CO., Davis, 798 pp. California, 34 pp. Enghoff, H. 1985. The family Nemaso- Causey, N. B. 1953. On a Florida milliped, Sipho- matidae, with the description of a new genus, notus miamiensis, n. sp. (Colobognatha: Polyzo- and a revision of Orinisobates (Diplopoda: Jul- niidae). Florida Entomologist, 36: 71-72. ida). Entomologica Scandinavica, 16: 27-67. Causey, N. B. 1955. Spirobolidae (Spirobolida: Enghoff, H., and R. M. Shelley. 1979. A revision Diplopoda) east of the Rocky Mountains. Jour- of the millipede genus Nopoiulus (Diplopoda, nal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 28: 69- Julida: Blaniulidae). Entomologica Scandinav- 80. ica, 10: 65-72. Causey, N. B. 1957. Floridobolus, a new milliped Hoffman, R. L. 1950. Notes on some Virginia genus (Spirobolidae). Proceedings of the Biolog- millipeds of the family Polydesmidae. Virginia ical Society of Washington, 70: 205-208. Journal of Science, 1: 219-225. 250 Volume 14, No. 4, December, 2000, INSECTA MUNDI

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