Marine Species Traits - Scoterpes austrinus Loomis, 1943

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Scoterpes austrinus Loomis, 1943

Scoterpes austrinus

AphiaID

935761 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:935761)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Scoterpes Cope, 1872

Original name

Scoterpes austrinus Loomis, 1943

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Original description

Loomis, H. F. (1943). New cave and epigean millipeds of the United States, with notes on some estabished species. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 92(7): 371-410. Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A.
page(s): 386 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Scoterpes austrinus Loomis, 1943. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=935761 on 2026-01-17

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Scoterpes austrinus Loomis, 1943. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=935761 on 2026-01-17

Taxonomic edit history

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original description Loomis, H. F. (1943). New cave and epigean millipeds of the United States, with notes on some estabished species. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 92(7): 371-410. Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A.
page(s): 386 [details]

additional source Shear, W. A. (1972). Studies in the milliped order Chordeumida (Diplopoda). A revision of the family Cleidogonidae and a reclassification of the order Chordeumida in the New World. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 144: 151-352. Cambridge
page(s): 279 [details]

additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1999). Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. <em>Virginia Museum of Natural History, special publication.</em> 8: 1-584., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63590410
page(s): 235 [details]

additional source Chamberlin, R. V. (1946). On some millipeds of Georgia. <em>Entomological News.</em> 57: 149-152.
page(s): 149 [details]

additional source Shear, William Albert. (2010). The milliped family Trichopetalidae, Part 2: The genera Trichopetalum, Zygonopus and Scoterpes (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida, Cleidogonoidea). Zootaxa, 2385: 1-62
page(s): 54 [details]

Definitions

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Scoterpes austrinus