Plumatyla humerosa is a millipede species found in mines, as well as lava tube and limestone caves of northern California and south-central Oregon.[1] It belongs to the family Conotylidae.[1] The millipede is likely a troglophile with a white carapace and observed in lava caves though it may inhabit crevices as well.[2][3] P. humerosa is observed frequenting areas with mold or bat feces on the cave floors.[2] Taracus marchingtoni has been observed feeding on P. humerosa within cave habitat.[4]
| Plumatyla humerosa | |
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| A white Plumatyla humerosa millipede crawls on the floor of Lava River Cave | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Chordeumatida |
| Family: | Conotylidae |
| Genus: | Plumatyla |
| Species: | P. humerosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Plumatyla humerosa (Loomis, 1943)
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See also
edit- Trogloraptor - a cave-dwelling spider of southern Oregon
References
edit- ^ a b Shear, William A.; Richart, Casey H.; Wong, Victoria L. (2020-03-19). "The millipede family Conotylidae in northwestern North America, with a complete bibliography of the family (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Heterochordeumatidea, Conotyloidea)". Zootaxa. 4753 (1): zootaxa.4753.1.1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4753.1.1. ISSN 1175-5326. PMID 32230402. S2CID 214749632.
- ^ a b Skeels, Matt (2019-09-27). "Cave Inhabitants of Oregon". Oregon High Desert Grotto. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
- ^ Elliott, William R.; Reddell, James R.; Rudolph, D. Craig; Graening, G.O.; Briggs, Thomas S.; Ubick, Darrell; Aalbu, Rolf L.; Krejca, Jean; Taylor, Steven J. (2017-07-28). "The Cave Fauna of California" (PDF). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 64 (1): 32. ISSN 0068-547X. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
- ^ Shear, William A.; Warfel, Joseph G. (2016-11-02). "The harvestman genus Taracus Simon 1879, and the new genus Oskoron (Opiliones: Ischyropsalidoidea: Taracidea)". Zootaxa. 4180 (1:2): 1–71. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4180.1.1. ISSN 1175-5326. PMID 27811667.