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Brachoria calceata (Causey 1955)

The Wild Turkey Bourbon Mimic Millipede

Paul Marek
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Containing group: Brachoria

Characteristics

Brachoria calceata individuals are about 39.9 mm long and 10.1 mm wide (females 39.4 mm X 9.8 mm).  Color: 3-spotted yellow (3.75Y 8.5/12, shown above); and striped orangeish-yellow (10YR 8/10).

 

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Brachoria calceata genitalia - left male gonopodal acropodite (with setae removed): (Left) medial view and (Right) magnified apical view. © Paul Marek

 

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Brachoria calceata, striped orangeish-yellow (10YR 8/10) color morph. © Paul Marek

 

Habitat

Brachoria calceata specimens were collected during the day (19:00 and 20:00) in a dry maple forest near the road and in a maple and birch forest near a stream.  Individuals were found beneath layers of decaying leaf material, predominately maple and birch.  At the first locality, a single specimen was collected near the banks of a road beneath thick stacks of leaves; whereas at the second locality, specimens were collected in a rich forested riparian area.  No other xystodesmids were encountered sympatrically.  Note: Individuals of B. calceata may be confused in the field with Rudiloria guyandotta due to overlap in distribution and similarity in color patterns.

Distribution

Known only from the type locality in Anderson Co., Kentucky and across the Kentucky River a few kilometers east in Woodford Co.  The closest known Brachoria species, B. electa, also occurs in Tyrone, Anderson Co., Kentucky.

Conservation status

Brachoria calceata is threatened by habitat loss due to agriculture (especially growing demand for paper products), coal mining, development, and the invasion of exotic species.

References

Marek P.E. 2010. A revision of the Appalachian millipede genus Brachoria Chamberlin, 1939 (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae: Apheloriini). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 159: 817-889.

Causey N.B. 1955. New records and descriptions of polydesmoid millipeds (Order Polydesmida) from the eastern United States. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 68: 21-30.

Hoffman R.L. 1999. Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication. No. 8. Martinsville: Virginia Museum of Natural History.

Keeton W.T. 1959. A revision of the millipede genus Brachoria (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae) Proc. US Nat. Mus. 109: 1-58.

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Scientific Name Brachoria calceata
Location USA, Kentucky, Woodford Co.
Reference Marek P.E. 2010. A revision of the Appalachian millipede genus Brachoria Chamberlin, 1939 (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae: Apheloriini). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 159: 817-889.
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Sex m
Life Cycle Stage adult
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Collection FMNH
Collector Paul Marek
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About This Page
Work on the millipede Tree of Life pages was supported by a U.S. National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant to Paul Marek and Jason Bond (DEB 0607996) and a Partnerships for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy Grant to Petra Sierwald, Jason Bond, and William Shear (DEB 0529715).

Paul Marek
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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