Distribution of the milliped Tylobolus utahensis Chamberlin, with remarks on T. fredericksoni (Causey) (Spirobolida: Spirobolidae)

Authors

Rowland M. Shelley, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, North Carolina
Selena B. Bauer, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, North Carolina

Abstract

Tylobolus utahensis Chamberlin, the only representative of the genus occurring in the southwestern deserts, ranges from central Inyo County, California, to the western periphery of Kane County, Utah. This distribution roughly corresponds to the northern limit of the Mojave Desert ecosystem and is also shown by the millipede Piedolus utus Chamberlin. (Spirobolida: Atopetholidae) and the centipede Theatops posticus (Say) (Scolopendromorpha: Cryptopidae). Tylobolus fredericksoni Causey, ostensibly from Douglas County, Kansas, is designated "nomen dubium" and disregarded pending collection of fresh material; Narceus gordanus (Chamberlin) is deleted from South Carolina and Tennessee. Tyobolus uncigerus (Wood) occurs north of the Columbia River in Klickitat County, Washington, and Hiltonius thebanus Chamberlin is referable to Onychelus Cook in the family Atopetholidae.

Recommended Citation

Shelley, Rowland M. and Bauer, Selena B. (1997) "Distribution of the milliped Tylobolus utahensis Chamberlin, with remarks on T. fredericksoni (Causey) (Spirobolida: Spirobolidae)," Great Basin Naturalist: Vol. 57: No. 3, Article 5.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/gbn/vol57/iss3/5