Sigmoria

Sigmoria
Sigmoria, South Carolina
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polydesmida
Family: Xystodesmidae
Subfamily: Rhysodesminae
Tribe: Apheloriini
Genus:
Chamberlin, 1939
Synonyms[1]
  • Brevigonus Shelley, 1980
  • Cheiropus Loomis, 1944
  • Cleptoria Chamberlin, 1939
  • Croatania Shelley, 1977
  • Dixioria Chamberlin, 1947
  • Dynoria Chamberlin, 1939
  • Falloria Hoffman, 1948
  • Furcillaria Shelley, 1981
  • Hubroria Keeton, 1960
  • Lyrranea Hoffman, 1963
  • Prionogonus Shelley, 1982
  • Sigiria Chamberlin, 1939
  • Stelgipus Loomis, 1944

Sigmoria is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae. There are more than 60 described species in Sigmoria, found in the eastern United States.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These 67 species belong to the genus Sigmoria:[4]

  • Sigmoria abbotti (Hoffman, 1967)
  • Sigmoria acuminata (Hoffman, 1956)
  • Sigmoria aequalis (Shelley, 1981)
  • Sigmoria agrestis (Loomis, 1944)
  • Sigmoria ainsliei (Chamberlin, 1921)
  • Sigmoria angulosa Shelley, 1981
  • Sigmoria aphelorioides Shelley, 1986
  • Sigmoria arcuata (Shelley, 1982)
  • Sigmoria areolata Shelley, 1981
  • Sigmoria australis Shelley, 1986
  • Sigmoria austrimontis Shelley, 1981
  • Sigmoria beameri Marek, Means & Hennen, 2021
  • Sigmoria bidens (Causey, 1942)
  • Sigmoria bipraesidens (Hoffman, 1967)
  • Sigmoria brooksi Hoffman, 1956
  • Sigmoria catawba (Shelley, 1977)
  • Sigmoria convoluta (Shelley, 1981)
  • Sigmoria crassicurvosa Shelley, 1986
  • Sigmoria disjuncta Shelley, 1981
  • Sigmoria divaricata (Shelley, 1982)
  • Sigmoria divergens Chamberlin, 1939
  • Sigmoria fumimontis Shelley, 1981
  • Sigmoria haerens Shelley, 1982
  • Sigmoria hoffmani Shelley, 1976
  • Sigmoria houstoni Chamberlin, 1943
  • Sigmoria icana (Chamberlin, 1939)
  • Sigmoria inornata Shelley, 1986 (Note: Authority/date elsewhere as Shelley, 1981, however it is a later replacement name)
  • Sigmoria intermedia (Hoffman, 1948)
  • Sigmoria laminata (Shelley, 1981)
  • Sigmoria laticurvosa Shelley, 1981
  • Sigmoria latior (Brölemann, 1900)
  • Sigmoria leucostriata Shelley, 1981
  • Sigmoria lyrea Shelley, 1981
  • Sigmoria macra (Chamberlin, 1939)
  • Sigmoria medialis Chamberlin, 1949
  • Sigmoria mimetica (Chamberlin, 1918)
  • Sigmoria munda Chamberlin, 1939
  • Sigmoria nantahalae Hoffman, 1958
  • Sigmoria nigrimontis (Chamberlin, 1947)
  • Sigmoria pela (Chamberlin, 1918)
  • Sigmoria pendulata Shelley, 1986 (Note: species elsewhere miswritten as "pendula" however that is a subsequent spelling contra to the protonym)
  • Sigmoria persica (Hoffman, 1963)
  • Sigmoria picapa (Keeton, 1960)
  • Sigmoria planca (Loomis, 1944) (Note: species elsewhere miswritten as "plancus" however it is a gender variable adjective, so should be in feminine)
  • Sigmoria prolata Shelley, 1986
  • Sigmoria quadrata Shelley, 1981
  • Sigmoria rileyi (Bollman, 1889)
  • Sigmoria robusta Shelley, 1986
  • Sigmoria rubromarginata (Bollman, 1887)
  • Sigmoria saluda (Shelley, 1977)
  • Sigmoria serrata (Shelley, 1984)
  • Sigmoria shelfordi (Loomis, 1944)
  • Sigmoria sigirioides Shelley, 1981
  • Sigmoria simplex Shelley, 1981
  • Sigmoria stenogon Chamberlin, 1942
  • Sigmoria stenoloba Shelley, 1981
  • Sigmoria stibarophalla Shelley, 1981
  • Sigmoria thrinax (Shelley, 1982)
  • Sigmoria translineata Shelley, 1981
  • Sigmoria triangulata Shelley, 1981
  • Sigmoria truncata Shelley, 1981
  • Sigmoria tuberosa Shelley, 1981
  • Sigmoria unicoi Shelley, 1981
  • Sigmoria watauga Shelley, 1986
  • Sigmoria wrighti (Hoffman, 1956)
  • Sigmoria xerophylla Shelley, 1981
  • Sigmoria yemassee (Shelley, 1977)

References

  1. ^ a b "ITIS report, Sigmoria". Retrieved 2024-12-29.
  2. ^ "GBIF, Sigmoria". Retrieved 2024-12-29.
  3. ^ "BugGuide.net, Sigmoria genus Information". Retrieved 2024-12-29.
  4. ^ a b Sierwald, P.; Spelda, J. "Millibase". doi:10.14284/370. Retrieved 2021-09-22.

Further reading

  • Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications. Vol. 8. ISBN 9781884549120.
  • Golovatch, Sergei I.; Kime, R. Desmond (2009). "Millipede (Diplopoda) distributions: A review" (PDF). Soil Organisms. 81: 565–597.