Apheloria virginiensis (Drury, 1770)

Marek, Paul E., Means, Jackson C., Hennen, Derek A. & Tingley, Carol, 2025, Revision of the millipede genus Apheloria Chamberlin, 1921 (Polydesmida, Xystodesmidae, Apheloriini), Zootaxa 5701 (3), pp. 315-350 : 342

Apheloria virginiensis (Drury, 1770)

Julus virginiensis Drury, 1770 , Illustrations of natural History, 1: pl. 43, fig. 8. Type material lost. MALE? HT? (BMNH?). United States: “Virginia”.

Polydesmus (Fontaria) virginiensis (nec Gray, 1832; nec C.L. Koch, 1847; nec Wood, 1865; nec Bollman, 1888)—Drury & Westwood, 1837, Illustrations of exotic entomology: containing upwards of six hundred and fifty figures and descriptions of foreign insects, interspersed with remarks and reflections on their nature and properties, 1: 96, pl. 43, fig. 8.

Apheloria tigana Chamberlin, 1939 , Bulletin of the University of Utah, 30(2): 11, fig. 29. MALE HT (USNM). United States: North Carolina, Wake County. New synonymy.

Apheloria virginia Chamberlin, 1939 , Bulletin of the University of Utah, 30(2): 12, fig. 30. MALE HT (USNM). United States: Virginia, Pittsylvania County. Synonymized with virginiensis by Hoffman, 1999, Checklist: 306 (294 pdf).

Apheloria waccamana Chamberlin, 1940 , Entomological News, 51: 284, fig. 3. MALE HT (USNM). United States: North Carolina, Columbus County. Synonymized with tigana by Shelley, 1978, Journal of Natural History, 12: 63.

Apheloria virginiensis —Shelley, 1980b, Canadian Journal of Zoology, 58: 131, footnote 6.

Apheloria virginiensis virginiensis —Hoffman, 1999, Checklist: 306 (294 pdf).