Caralinda

Caralinda
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polydesmida
Family: Xystodesmidae
Subfamily: Rhysodesminae
Tribe: Rhysodesmini
Genus: Caralinda
Hoffman, 1978

Caralinda is a North American genus of millipedes belonging to the family Xystodesmidae.[1] Its range extends from the coastal plain of southern South Carolina southwest to the Florida panhandle, with known occurrences in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama.[2][3][4] It is primarily winter-active.[3]

Caralinda is small-bodied, ranging between 16–24 mm long.[3] Its color is generally beige, with a distinct dark middorsal line and two longitudinal dark speckled bands near the bases of the paranota. This coloration may be characteristic of the genus.[5]

At least one species of Caralinda has been documented to display aggregation behavior similar to Pleuroloma flavipes.[5][6]

Species:[1]

  • Caralinda beatrix Hoffman, 1978[2]
  • Caralinda causeyi Shelley, 1983[3]
  • Caralinda dactylifera Shelley, 1983[3]
  • Caralinda fabalecta Shelley, 2000 [4]
  • Caralinda pulchritecta Shelley, 1979[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Caralinda Hoffman, 1978". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b Hoffman, Richard L. (1978), "A new genus and species of rhysodesmine milliped from southern Georgia (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae)", Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, vol. 91, no. 2, pp. 365–373
  3. ^ a b c d e Shelley, Rowland M. (1983), "New records and species of the milliped genus Caralinda (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae)", The Florida Entomologist, vol. 66, no. 4, pp. 407–415
  4. ^ a b Shelley, Rowland M. (2000), "A new diplopod of the genus Caralinda Hoffman from South Carolina (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae)", Myriapodologica, vol. 66, no. 15, pp. 147–150
  5. ^ a b c Shelley, Rowland M. (1979), "A new milliped of the genus Caralinda from North Florida (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae)", The Florida Entomologist, vol. 62, no. 3, pp. 183–187
  6. ^ Cloudsley-Thompson, J. L. (1949), "The significance of migration in myriapods", Annals and Magazine of Natural History, vol. 2, no. 24, pp. 947–962
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