Amplaria shastae ( Causey, 1958 )

Shear, William A. & Marek, Paul E., 2024, The millipede family Striariidae Bollman, 1893. IX. The identity of Striaria californica Cook, 1899, and the new genus Bayaria for Striaria nana Loomis, 1936, with a key to genera and an annotated checklist of the Striariidae (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea), Zootaxa 5463 (4), pp. 524-544 : 536

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5463.4.4
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11612544
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scientific name	Amplaria shastae ( Causey, 1958 )
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Amplaria shastae ( Causey, 1958) View in CoL

Striaria shastae Causey, 1958 View in CoL , Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 71: 182. Female syntypes from Samwel Cave, Shasta Co., California, (AMNH). Hoffman, 1999, Virginia Mus. Nat. Hist. Special Publ. 8: 208.

Speostriaria shastae Causey, 1960 View in CoL , Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 73: 26.

Amplaria shastae Shear & Krecja, 2007 View in CoL , Zootaxa 1532: 25. This species is one of two presumed troglobites in the genus, both from northern California. Amplaria shastae View in CoL retains eyes, while A. flucticulus View in CoL (see above) is eyeless. Amplaria shastae View in CoL , at 25 mm in length, is much larger than any other striariid species. Potentially present in other caves in Shasta Co., California.