A revision of the wilsoni species group in the millipede genus Nannaria Chamberlin, 1918 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Xystodesmidae)

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dc.contributor.authorHennen, Derek A.en
dc.contributor.authorMeans, Jackson C.en
dc.contributor.authorMarek, Paul E.en
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-01T12:57:05Zen
dc.date.available2022-07-01T12:57:05Zen
dc.date.issued2022-04-15en
dc.description.abstractAlthough many new species of the millipede genus Nannaria Chamberlin, 1918 have been known from museum collections for over half a century, a systematic revision has not been undertaken until recently. There are two species groups in the genus: the minor species group and the wilsoni species group. In this study, the wilsoni species group was investigated. Specimens were collected from throughout its distribution in the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States and used for a multi-gene molecular phylogeny. The phylogenetic tree recovered Nannaria and the two species groups as monophyletic, with Oenomaea pulchella as its sister group. Seventeen new species were described, bringing the composition of the wilsoni species group to 24 species, more than tripling its known diversity, and increasing the total number of described Nannaria species to 78. The genus now has the greatest number of species in the family Xystodesmidae. Museum holdings of Nannaria were catalogued, and a total of 1,835 records used to produce a distribution map of the species group. Live photographs, illustrations of diagnostic characters, ecological notes, and conservation statuses are given. The wilsoni species group is restricted to the Appalachian region, unlike the widely-distributed minor species group (known throughout eastern North America), and has a distinct gap in its distribution in northeastern Tennessee and adjacent northwestern North Carolina. The wilsoni species group seems to be adapted to mesic microhabitats in middle to high elevation forests in eastern North America. New species are expected to be discovered in the southern Appalachian Mountains.en
dc.description.notesThis research was funded by a National Science Foundation Advancing Revisionary Taxonomy and Systematics grant (DEB#1655635). We thank the following permitting agencies for granting scientific collection permits: Georgia State Parks, permit #132016, 142018; Kentucky Department of Parks, permit #1708; Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission, permit #2017-09-05; North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, permit #2018_0234; Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency permit #3914, 1702; Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, permit #2017-008; West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, permit #2016.238; Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, permit #056958; National Parks Service, permit #GRSM-2016-SCI-2369, GRSM-2019-SCI-2369, SHEN-2016-SCI-0018, BLRI-2014-SCI-0033. Thanks go to Bronwyn Williams and Megan McCuller of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and Kaloyan Ivanov of the Virginia Museum of Natural History for facilitating loans of millipede specimens. We also thank all the collectors who sent us specimens, particularly Curt Harden, Matt Kasson, and Patricia Wooden. We thank Maddie Hellier for assistance in measuring holotype specimens. We thank Nesrine Akkari, Sergei Golovatch, and one anonymous reviewer for their helpful feedback on previous versions of this manuscript. DAH received support from a Virginia Tech Interfaces of Global Change fellowship, a Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Grant from the American Museum of Natural History, and a Graduate Research Development Program award from the Virginia Tech Graduate Student Assembly.en
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Science Foundation Advancing Revisionary Taxonomy and Systematics grant [1655635]; Virginia Tech Interfaces of Global Change fellowship; American Museum of Natural History; Virginia Tech Graduate Student Assemblyen
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1096.73485en
dc.identifier.eissn1313-2970en
dc.identifier.issn1313-2989en
dc.identifier.issue1096en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/111085en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherPensoft Publishersen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectAppalachiaen
dc.subjectDiplopodaen
dc.subjectNannariinien
dc.subjectphylogeographyen
dc.subjecttaxonomyen
dc.titleA revision of the wilsoni species group in the millipede genus Nannaria Chamberlin, 1918 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Xystodesmidae)en
dc.title.serialZookeysen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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