Choctella

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Choctella
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Spirostreptida
Family: Choctellidae
Genus: Choctella
Chamberlin, 1918

Choctella is a genus of millipedes comprising the family Choctellidae, native to the southeastern United States. There are at least two described species: C. cumminsi Chamberlin, 1918, occurring on the Cumberland Plateau from central Tennessee to northern Alabama and C. hubrichti Hoffman, 1965, occurring in central Alabama.[1][2]

References[]

  1. ^ Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History. ISBN 9781884549120.
  2. ^ Shear, W. (2011). "Class Diplopoda de Blainville in Gervais, 1844. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3148: 159–164.


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