Marine Species Traits - Scytonotus virginicus (Loomis, 1943)

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Scytonotus virginicus (Loomis, 1943)

AphiaID

946473 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:946473)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Scytonotus C. L. Koch, 1847

Original name

Lasiolathus virginicus Loomis, 1943

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Subspecies Scytonotus virginicus michauxi Hoffman, 1962
Subspecies Scytonotus virginicus virginicus (Loomis, 1943)

Environment

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

Original description

(of ) Loomis, H. F. (1943). A new genus of Virginia millipeds related to Scynotonus and a new species from Florida. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 33(10): 318-320
page(s): 319 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Scytonotus virginicus (Loomis, 1943). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=946473 on 2026-07-01

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Scytonotus virginicus (Loomis, 1943). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=946473 on 2026-07-01

Taxonomic edit history

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2017-01-23 07:41:39Z

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Sierwald, Petra

2017-01-23 14:56:15Z

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Sierwald, Petra

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original description (of ) Loomis, H. F. (1943). A new genus of Virginia millipeds related to Scynotonus and a new species from Florida. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 33(10): 318-320
page(s): 319 [details]

additional source Shelley, R. M. (1994). Revision of the millipede genus Scytonotus Koch (Polydesmida: Polydesmidae). <em>Brimleyana.</em> 19: 1-60.
page(s): 44 [details]

source of synonymy 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): 449 [details]

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