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Abacion Rafinesque, 1820

Abacion Rafinesque, 1820; Annals of nature, ..., North America (1): 9, TS: Abacion tesselatum Rafinesque
Sprirostrephon Brandt, 1841; Bull. Sci. Acad. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, 8: 105, TS: Julus lactarius Say
Platops Newport, 1844; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (ser. 1), 13: 267, TS: Platops rugulosa Newport
Abacion ; [NAML, 108]

Abacion lactarium (Say, 1821)

New Jersey - Florida. See [About maps] Julus lactarius Say, 1821; Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 2: 104, TL: vicinity of Phildalphia, Pennsylvania
Platops lineata Newport, 1844; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (ser. 1), 13: 267, TL: "North America"
Abacion lactarium ; [NAML, 109]
Spirostrephon lactarium ; Brandt, 1841, Bull. Sci. Acad. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, 8: 105
Spirosrtephon lactarium ; Loomis, 1937, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 84 (3006): 108, f. 16l-m

Abacion magnum (Loomis, 1943)

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A. m. magnum

NE.Alabama, Tennessee?, NA.Georgia? Spirostrephon magnum Loomis, 1943; Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 92 (7): 388, f. 8a-b, TL: Monte Sano State Park, Madison Co., Alabama
Abacion magnum magnum ; [NAML, 109]

A. m. highlandense (Hoffman, 1950)

Appalachians, Alabama, NA.Georgia, South Carolina, Kentucky, West Virginia, New York Spirostrephon highlandense Hoffman, 1950; Journ. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc., 66 (1): 17, f. 5-6, TL: Highlands, Macon Co., North Carolina
Abacion magnum highlandense ; [NAML, 109]

Abacion tesselatum Rafinesque, 1820

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A. t. tesselatum

interior lowlands, Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsi, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Virginia Abacion tesselatum Rafinesque, 1820; Annals of nature, ..., North America (1): 9, TL: Estill Co., Kentucky
Platops rugulosa Newport, 1844; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (ser. 1), 13: 267, TL: ?Ohio River Valley
Reasia spinosa Sager, 1856; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 8: 109, TL: vicinity of Detroit, Michigan
Lysiopetalum eudasym McNeil, 1887; : 330, TL: Bloomington, Indiana
Abacion tesselatum tesselatum ; [NAML, 110]
Abacion tesselatum ; Hoffman & Crabill, 1953, Florida Ent., 36 (2): 81

A. t. creolum (Chamberlin, 1942)

Alabama - Mississippi - Louisiana - Arkansas Spirostrephon creolum Chamberlin, 1942; Bull. Univ. Utah, biol. ser., 6 (8): 9, f. 24-25, TL: Covington, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana
Abacion tesselatum creolum ; [NAML, 110]

Abacion texensis (Loomis, 1937)

Great Plains, from (Iowa, Nebraska) - through (Kansas, Okhlahoma, W.Missouri) - Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana - Mississippi. See [About maps] Spirostrephon texensis Loomis, 1937; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 84 (3006): 109, f. 16n
Spirostrephon jonesi Chamberlin, 1942; Canadian Ent., 74 (1): 17, f. 1, TL: Ames, Story Co., Iowa
Abacion texensis ; [NAML, 110]

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References:

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[NAML]

Chamberlin & Hoffman, 1958; U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 212; Checklist of the Millipeds of the North America

Some related literature:

Chamberlin, 1942

On a collection of myriopods from Iowa Canadian Ent., 74 (1): 15-17, 4 figs

Chamberlin, 1942

New southern millipeds Bull. Univ. Utah, biol. ser., 6 (8): 1-19, pls. 1-4, f. 1-40

Hoffman, 1950

Records and descriptions of diplopods from the southern Appalachians Journ. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc., 66 (1): 11-33, f. 1-32

Hoffman & Crabill, 1953

C. S. Rafinesque as the real father of the American myriopodology Florida Ent., 36 (2): 73-82

Loomis, 1937

Crested millipeds of the family Lysiopetalidae in North America, with descriptions of new genera and species Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 84 (3006): 97-135, f. 16-18, pls. 3-4

Loomis, 1943

New cave and epigean millipeds of the United States, with notes on some established species Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 92 (7): 371-410, f. 1-18, pl. 1

Newport, 1844

A list of the species of Myriapoda in the collection of the British Museum Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (ser. 1), 13: 263-270

Rafinesque, 1820

Annals of nature, or annual synopsis of new genera and species of animals and plants discovered in North America. First Annual Number for 1820 Annals of nature, ..., North America (1): 1-20

Sager, 1856

Description of three Myriapods Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 8: 109

Say, 1821

Description of the myriapodae of the United States Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 2: 102-114

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