Description

Remarks. All four individuals were discovered under bark of decaying logs. While no males were encountered, the slender bodies and known occurrence in Rock Co., in southwestern Minnesota (Shelley 1984, McAllister and Shelley 2010), indicate A. texense. Shelley (1984) suggested that the species might occur in central and southwestern South Dakota, perhaps even the Black Hills, but recent data show that it does not. McAllister and Shelley (2010) stated that occurrence in southeastern South Dakota was plausible because of its moist, verdant habitats and location between Minnesota and Nebraska sites, and we confirm this prediction. Illustrations are available in Loomis (1937) and Shelley (1984).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Diplopoda

Order: Callipodida

Family: Abacionidae

Genus: Abacion

Species: Abacion texense (Loomis, 1937)