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Apheloria polychroma Marek, Means & Hennen, 2018
1544782 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1544782)
accepted
Species
Apheloria roanea Chamberlin, 1947 · unaccepted
terrestrial
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]
Decker, P.; Sierwald, P.; Spelda, J.; Barber, A.D.; Antic, D.; Bouzan, R.; Enghoff, H.; Hennen, D.; Iniesta, L. F. M.; Means, J.; Nguyen, A. D.; Simmons, E.; Wesener, T. (2026). MilliBase. Apheloria polychroma Marek, Means & Hennen, 2018. Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/rest/AphiaRecordsByTaxonRankID/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1544782 on 2026-09-16
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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]
original description (of Apheloria roanea Chamberlin, 1947) Chamberlin, R. V. (1947). Some records and descriptions of diplopods chiefly in the collection of the academy. Proceedings of the Academy of natural Science of Philadelphia, 99: 21-58. Philadelphia
page(s): 26 [details]
additional 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
original description (of Apheloria roanea Chamberlin, 1947) Chamberlin, R. V. (1947). Some records and descriptions of diplopods chiefly in the collection of the academy. Proceedings of the Academy of natural Science of Philadelphia, 99: 21-58. Philadelphia
page(s): 26 [details]
additional 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
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Nomenclature note Appendix 1, p342: "Apheloria roanea was described from Roane County, which falls within the range of Apheloria polychroma and is outside the range of A. montana. Hoffman synonymized it under Apheloria montana, but the original description fits better with A. polychroma, potentially making A. polychroma a junior synonym. Unfortunately, fresh material from the type locality is not available, and the type and only known specimen of A. roanea cannot be located. Additionally the name Apheloria polychroma has now been used in a multitude of publications. For taxonomic stability we do not list A. polychroma as a junior synonym of A. roanea." [details]
