Abacion tesselatum creolum

Taxonomy

Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Animalia () - 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 - arthropods
        Subphylum: Mandibulata () - Snodgrass, 1938
        Superclass: Myriapoda () - Latreille, 1802
        Class: Diplopoda () - millipedes
        Subclass: Helminthomorpha () - 1958
        Order: Callipodida ()
        Family: Abacionidae ()
        Genus: Abacion ()
        Specific name: tesselatum - Rafinesque, 1820
        Subspecies: creolum
        Scientific name: - Abacion tesselatum creolum Rafinesque, 1820

There are approximately 6 species in this genus:

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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