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Brachoria campcreekensis Marek 2010

The Camp Creek Mimic Millipede

Paul Marek
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Containing group: Brachoria

Characteristics

Brachoria campcreekensis individuals are about 41.4 mm long and 10.0 mm wide (females 44.0 mm X 10.16 mm).  Color: 2-spotted yellow (2.5Y 8/14, shown above); and striped yellow (2.5Y 8/14).

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Brachoria campcreekensis genitalia - left male gonopodal acropodite (with setae removed): (Left) medial view and (Right) magnified apical view. © Paul Marek

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Brachoria campcreekensis, striped yellow (3.75Y 8/12) color morph. © Paul Marek

Habitat

Brachoria campcreekensis specimens were collected during the day (15:00) in a moist forest comprising tulip, maple, hemlock, birch, and oak trees.  Individuals were found beneath layers of decomposing leaf material near Farley Branch, within about 5 m from the water.  Other xystodesmids encountered sympatrically at this locality: Rudiloria rigida (coloration similar to B. campcreekensis 2-spotted morph, Fig. 7 A); Apheloria virginiensis corrugata (coloration similar to B. campcreekensis banded morph, Fig. 7 B); and Nannaria sp. (coloration dissimilar to B. campcreekensis: drab green with white spots).

Distribution

Known only from the type locality in Mercer Co., West Virginia.  The closest known Brachoria species, B. ligula, occurs about 40 air km southwest in Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia.

Conservation status

Brachoria campcreekensis is threatened by habitat loss due to agriculture (especially growing demand for paper products), coal mining, development, and the invasion of exotic species.

References

Marek P.E. 2010. A revision of the Appalachian millipede genus Brachoria Chamberlin, 1939 (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae: Apheloriini). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 159: 817-889.

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Scientific Name Brachoria campcreekensis
Location USA, West Virginia, Mercer Co.
Reference Marek P.E. 2010. A revision of the Appalachian millipede genus Brachoria Chamberlin, 1939 (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae: Apheloriini). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 159: 817-889.
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Sex m
Life Cycle Stage adult
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Collection FMNH
Type holotype
Collector Paul Marek
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Copyright © Paul Marek
About This Page
Work on the millipede Tree of Life pages was supported by a U.S. National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant to Paul Marek and Jason Bond (DEB 0607996) and a Partnerships for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy Grant to Petra Sierwald, Jason Bond, and William Shear (DEB 0529715).

Paul Marek
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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