Abacion magnum

Biology

Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Protostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa () - Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Superphylum: Panarthropoda () - Cuvier
        Phylum: Arthropoda () - Latreille, 1829 - Latreille, 1829 - arthropods
        Subphylum: Mandibulata () - Snodgrass, 1938
        Superclass: Myriapoda () - Latreille, 1802
        Class: Diplopoda () - millipedes
        Subclass: Helminthomorpha () - 1958
        Order: Callipodida ()
        Family: Abacionidae ()
        Genus: Abacion ()
        Specific name: magnum - (Loomis, 1943)
        Scientific name: - Abacion magnum (Loomis, 1943)

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Spelda J., 13-Dec-2005

There are approximately 6 species in this genus:

Hoffman, Richard L. 1999. Checklist of the Millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History. Martinsville, VA, USA. ISBN: 1-884549-12-8.
Hoffman, Richard Lawrence (1999): Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America - Virginia Museum of Natural History, special publication 8, pp. 1-584

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Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
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