Apheloria

Apheloria is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae, occurring in the central and southeastern United States, and ranging as far north as southern Quebec, Canada.^[1][2] They are aposematically colored in black and contrasting reds and yellows, and some species in the Appalachian Mountains resemble species of Brachoria where they co-occur, a phenomenon known as Müllerian mimicry.^[3]

Apheloria
Apheloria virginiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Polydesmida
Family:	Xystodesmidae
Subfamily:	Rhysodesminae
Tribe:	Apheloriini
Genus:	Apheloria Chamberlin, 1921
Synonyms[1]
Leptocircus Attems, 1931

Species

These species belong to the genus Apheloria:^[4][5]

• Apheloria luminosa Kenyon, 1893
• Apheloria montana (Bollman, 1887)
• Apheloria montezumae (Attems, 1899)
• Apheloria polychroma Marek, Means & Hennen, 2018
• Apheloria tigana Chamberlin, 1939
• Apheloria virginiensis (Drury, 1770)
• Apheloria whiteheadi (Shelley, 1986)

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  Apheloria montana, North Carolina
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  Apheloria polychroma, Tennessee
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  Apheloria tigana, Indiana