Apheloria polychroma, a new species of millipede from the Cumberland Mountains (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae)
Apheloria polychroma, a new species of millipede from the Cumberland Mountains (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae)
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Apheloria polychroma，来自坎伯兰山脉的千足虫新种（多足纲：Xystodesmidae）
DOI：
10.11646/zootaxa.4375.3.7
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发表时间：
2018
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影响因子：
0.9
通讯作者：
HENNEN, DEREK A.
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作者：
MAREK, PAUL E.;MEANS, JACKSON C.;HENNEN, DEREK A.
Apheloria Chamberlin，1921属的千足虫分布于北美东部和密西西比河以西的欧扎克和瓦奇塔山脉的温带阔叶林中。该属由氰化物和苯甲醛组成的毒素进行化学防御，是阿巴拉契亚山脉千足虫群落的一部分，该群落组成了几个Müllerian拟态环。我们描述了这些拟态环的一个模式物种，多色拟态环Apheloria Polychroma n.sp.，它是双足类动物中颜色变化最大的物种之一，具有六种以上的颜色变体，每一种都与一个单独的拟态环相关。
Millipedes of the genus Apheloria Chamberlin, 1921 occur in temperate broadleaf forests throughout eastern North America and west of the Mississippi River in the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains. Chemically defended with toxins made up of cyanide and benzaldehyde, the genus is part of a community of xystodesmid millipedes that compose several Müllerian mimicry rings in the Appalachian Mountains. We describe a model species of these mimicry rings, Apheloria polychroma n. sp., one of the most variable in coloration of all species of Diplopoda with more than six color morphs, each associated with a separate mimicry ring.