Plumatyla humerosa (Loomis) 1943

Shear, William A., Richart, Casey H. & Wong, Victoria L., 2020, The millipede family Conotylidae in northwestern North America, with a complete bibliography of the family (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Heterochordeumatidea, Conotyloidea), Zootaxa 4753 (1), pp. 1-78 : 69-71

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4753.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AA9F66B3-EF8C-4F6B-8F35-0BCBEE5122ED

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4341648

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/131D87EF-FFED-FFDE-FFDC-5ADDFE97FEF8

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Plumatyla humerosa (Loomis) 1943
status

 

Plumatyla humerosa (Loomis) 1943 View in CoL

Figs. 251, 252 View FIGS

Conotyla humerosa Loomis 1943, p. 384 View in CoL .

New records: All specimens CAS. CALIFORNIA: Lassen Co., Indian Cave, Lassen National Forest , 40.6683°N, - 120.8177°W, elev. 1618 m., dark zone, 15 September 2017, T. Rickman; GoogleMaps Cave A-1-1, Lassen National Forest , 40.6100°N, - 120.8405°W, elev. 1621 m., 16 August 2018, T. Rickman, T. Blaschak, M. Immel, ff. GoogleMaps Modoc Co. , Damon’s Cave , Lassen National Forest , 41.5169°N, - 121.1825°W, elev. 1435 m., twilight zone, 9 May 2018, T. Blaschak, T. Rickman, mm ff; GoogleMaps Black Stout Cave , Lassen National Forest , 41.6635°N, - 121.3338°W, elev. 1296 m., 14 May 2018, dark zone, T. Blaschak, T. Rickman, mm ff. GoogleMaps Shasta Co. , North Christmas Tree Cave , Lassen National Forest , 40.6681°N, - 121.4127°W, elev. 1322 m., 2 May 2018, twilight zone, T. Rickman, T. Blaschak, m; GoogleMaps Cave 4, Lassen National Forest , 40.6682°N, - 121.4161°W, elev. 1336 m., 9 August 2018, T. Rickman, mm; GoogleMaps Cave 5, Lassen National Forest , SW tube, 40.6725°N, - 121.4109°W, elev. 1352 m., 24 May 2018, entrance and twilight zone, T. Rickman, T. Blaschak, M. Immel, m; same as previous, but N tube, m f; GoogleMaps Cave 6, Lassen National Forest , 40.6714°N, - 121.4110°W, elev. 1354 m., 24 May 2018, twilight zone, dark zone, T. Rickman, T. Blaschak, M. Immel, mm ff; GoogleMaps Cave 51, Lassen National Forest , lower tube, 40.6663°N, - 121.4367°W, elev. 1404 m., 22 May 2018, twilight zone, T. Rickman, T. Blaschak, M. Immel, juvs.; GoogleMaps Cave 56, Lassen National Forest , 40.6675°N, - 121.4367°W, elev. 1390 m., 22 May 2018, dark zone, T. Rickman, T. Blaschak, M. Immel, m; GoogleMaps Cave 71 ( Burnt Elderberry Cave ), Lassen National Forest , 40.6930°N, - 121.4154°W, elev. 1304 m., 20 June 2018, twilight zone, T. Rickman, T. Blaschak, M. Immel, mm ff; GoogleMaps Cave 80, Lassen National Forest , 40.6773°N, - 121.4177°W, elev. 1336 m., 20 June 2018, dark zone, T. Rickman, T. Blaschak, M. Immel, ff, juvs.; GoogleMaps Cave 87, Lassen National Forest , 40.6683°N, - 120.8188°W, elev. 1172 m., 5 June 2018, twilight zone, T. Rickman, T. Blaschak, M. Immel, mm ff; GoogleMaps Cave 166, Lassen National Forest , 40.6423°N, - 121.4264°W, elev. 1374 m., 30 August 2018, T. Rickman, T. Blaschak, M. Immel, ff. GoogleMaps Siskiyou Co. , Three Level Ice Cave , 41.3921°N, - 121.6676°W, elev. 1321 m., 25 August 2018, J. McFarland, mm ff; GoogleMaps Rooty Tooty Cave , 41.4692°N, - 121.6299°W, elev. 1547 m., 26 August 2018, T. Rickman, J. McFarland, mm ff; GoogleMaps Amazing Attic Cave , 41.4869°N, - 121.6446°W, elev. 1614 m., 25 August 2018, J. McFarland mm ff. GoogleMaps Tehama Co., Wilson Lake Ice Cave, 40.3119°N, - 121.4237°W, elev. 1533 m., 14 June 2018, twilight and dark zones, T. Rickman, T. Blaschak, M. Immel, m f, juvs.; GoogleMaps Wilson Lake Cave 2, 40.3433°N, - 121.4192°W, elev. 1759 m., 26 July 2018, T. Rickman, T. Blaschak, M. Immel, f; GoogleMaps Wilson Lake Cave 3 ( Cedar Cellars Cave ), 40.3425°N, - 121.4252°W, elev. 1706 m., 14 June 2018, twilight zone, T. Rickman, T. Blaschak, M. Immel, f. GoogleMaps OREGON: Lake Co. , Derrick’s Cave , 43.5231°N, - 120.8645°W, elev. 1513 m., 30 August 2008, N. Marchington, mm GoogleMaps .

Notes: Plumatyla humerosa seems to be quite general in northern California and south-central Oregon in lava tubes and some limestone caves, as well as mines nearby. Populations are frequently large, judging from the numbers of specimens in some collections. The gonopods ( Figs. 251, 252 View FIGS ) look uniform throughout the area, suggesting dispersal through porous lava and epikarst, but the possibility of cryptic speciation remains to be investigated by genetic study. The species is well-adapted to subterranean life but based on Pleistocene glacial history may not be an old troglobiont.

CAS

California Academy of Sciences

T

Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Diplopoda

Order

Chordeumatida

Family

Conotylidae

Genus

Plumatyla

Loc

Plumatyla humerosa (Loomis) 1943

Shear, William A., Richart, Casey H. & Wong, Victoria L. 2020
2020
Loc

Conotyla humerosa

Loomis 1943: 384
1943
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