Octoglena gracilipes ( Loomis, 1971 )

Shelley, Rowland M., Richart, Casey H. & Bogan, Arthur E., 2010, Octoglena claraqua, n. sp. (Polyzoniida: Hirudisomatidae), a new milliped from Idaho, USA; first record of the order from the western interior of North America, Zootaxa 2446, pp. 55-64 : 61

Octoglena gracilipes ( Loomis, 1971)

Polyzonium gracilipes Loomis, 1971:157 –159, figs. 18–23.

Octoglena gracilipes: Shelley, 1996:129 –134, figs. 22–27; 2000:180. Hoffman, 1999:30.

Distribution. Parts of the Piedmont Plateau, Blue Ridge, Ridge and Valley, and Cumberland Plateau Physiographic Provinces of Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama ( Shelley 1996). Known range extremes include Cumberland Co., Tennessee, on the north; Chester Co., South Carolina, on the east; and Clay and Franklin cos., Alabama, on the south and west, respectively. No unpublished samples are known ( Fig. 9 ).

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FIGURE 9. Distribution of Hirudisomatidae in North America and the Western Hemisphere. Star, Mexiconium and M. absidatum; dot, Octoglena sierra; triangle, Octoglena claraqua; outlined areas, Octoglena spp.