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MilliBase taxon details

Scytonotus virginicus (Loomis, 1943)

AphiaID

946473 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:946473)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Scytonotus C. L. Koch, 1847

Original name

Lasiolathus virginicus Loomis, 1943

Synonymised names

Lasiolathus virginicus Loomis, 1943 · unaccepted

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Subspecies Scytonotus virginicus michauxi Hoffman, 1962
Subspecies Scytonotus virginicus virginicus (Loomis, 1943)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Original description

(of Lasiolathus virginicus Loomis, 1943) Loomis, H. F. (1943). A new genus of Virginia millipeds related to Scynotonus and a new species from Florida. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 33(10): 318-320
page(s): 319 [details]

Type data

Holotype (of Lasiolathus virginicus Loomis, 1943) MCZ

Holotype (of Lasiolathus virginicus Loomis, 1943) MCZ [details]

, Type locality contained in Virginia

type locality contained in Virginia [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

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. Scytonotus virginicus (Loomis, 1943). Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/rest/AphiaRecordsByTaxonRankID/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=946473 on 2026-08-24

Taxonomic edit history

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2017-01-23 07:41:39Z

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Sierwald, Petra

2017-01-23 14:56:15Z

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Sierwald, Petra

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original description (of Lasiolathus virginicus Loomis, 1943) Loomis, H. F. (1943). A new genus of Virginia millipeds related to Scynotonus and a new species from Florida. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 33(10): 318-320
page(s): 319 [details]

additional source Shelley, R. M. (1994). Revision of the millipede genus Scytonotus Koch (Polydesmida: Polydesmidae). <em>Brimleyana.</em> 19: 1-60.
page(s): 44 [details]

source of synonymy Hoffman, R. L. (1999). Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. <em>Virginia Museum of Natural History, special publication.</em> 8: 1-584., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63590410
page(s): 449 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Holotype (of Lasiolathus virginicus Loomis, 1943) MCZ [details]

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