Abacion

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Abacion

Genus of millipedes

Abacion is a genus of crested millipedes in the family Abacionidae. There are about 10 described species in Abacion.[1][2][3][4]

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Species

These 10 species belong to the genus Abacion:

  • Abacion creolum (Chamberlin, 1942)
  • Abacion highlandense (Hoffman, 1950)
  • Abacion jonesi (Chamberlin, 1942)
  • Abacion lactarium (Say, 1821)
  • Abacion magnum (Loomis, 1943)
  • Abacion spinosa (Sager, 1856)
  • Abacion tesselatum Rafinesque, 1820
  • Abacion texense (Loomis, 1937)
  • Abacion texensis (Loomis, 1937)
  • Abacion wilhelminae Shelley, McAllister & Hollis, 2003

Identification

Abacion are large, dark brown millipedes with six primary dorsel crests between pore crests on body ring 12. [5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Abacion Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. [2]
    "Abacion". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. [4]
    Shelley, R. M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  4. [5]
    1. Balaban 2. Balaban 3. Hennen, 1. John 2. Jane 3. Derek (6 March 2007). "Family Abacionidae - BugGuide". BugGuide.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

Further reading

  • Media related to Abacion at Wikimedia Commons


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