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Issue: Vol. 5722 No. 2: 19 Nov. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-11-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5722.2.5
Page range: 249-264
Abstract views: 47
PDF downloaded: 2

Four new species of Cleidogona Cook & Collins, 1895 (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Cleidogonidae) from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA

Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences; Georgia College & State University; Milledgeville; GA; USA 31061
Professor Emeritus; Department of Biology; Hampden-Sydney College; Hampden-Sydney VA 23943 USA; current address: 1950 Price Drive; Farmville; VA 23901 USA
Myriapoda biodiversity eastern North America southeastern United States All-Taxa Biodiversity Inventory

Abstract

We provide an update to our knowledge of the millipede fauna of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee, USA. In addition to one new park record (Cleidogona jocassee Hoffman, 1950a), we describe four new species of millipedes: Cleidogona chilhoweensis sp. nov., Cleidogona columbicauda sp. nov., Cleidogona hendrixi sp. nov., and Cleidogona sparta sp. nov. These bring the number of described Cleidogona to 93 and Cleidogona known from the park to 10 species.

 

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How to Cite

Snyder, B.A. & Shear, W.A. (2025) Four new species of Cleidogona Cook & Collins, 1895 (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Cleidogonidae) from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA. Zootaxa, 5722 (2), 249–264. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5722.2.5