Mitocybe auriportae Cook & Loomis, 1928
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 23 November 1919 (Shelley, 2010)
Rediscovered in 2009 or 2010 (Shelley, 2010)
Distribution
Marin County & Santa Cruz County, California, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: USNM No. 979 (Sierwald et al., 2024)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Cook, O. F. and Loomis, H. F. (1928). Millipeds of the order Colobognatha, with descriptions of six new genera and type species, from Arizona and California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 72(18): 1-26.
Other references:
Gardner, M. R. (1974). Revision of the millipede family Andrognathidae in the Nearctic Region (Diplopoda: Platydesmida). Memoirs of the Pacific Coast Entomological Society 5: 1-61.
Hoffman, R. L. (1999). Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History, special publication. 8: 1-584.
Jeekel, C. A. W. (1971). Nomenclator generum et familiarum Diplopodorum: A list of the genus and family-group names in the Class Diplopoda from the 10th edition of Linnaeus, 1758, to the end of 1957. Monografieen van de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging, 5: 1-412 [40]. Amsterdam.
Shelley, Rowland M. (2010). Rediscovery, redescription, and illustrations of the milliped, Mitocybe auriportae Cook and Loomis, 1928 (Colobognatha: Platydesmida: Andrognathidae). Zootaxa 2475: 39-47. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2475.1.2
Shelley, Rowland M. (2012). A third locality for the millipede Mitocybe auriportae Cook and Loomis, 1928 (Platydesmida: Andrognathidae). Insecta Mundi 0234: 1-2.
Sierwald, P., Decker, P. and Spelda, J. (2024). MilliBase. Mitocybe auriportae Cook & Loomis, 1928. Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=936448 on 2025-04-01