Abacion magnum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Callipodida
Family: Abacionidae
Genus: Abacion
Species:
A. magnum
Binomial name
Abacion magnum
(Loomis, 1943)

Abacion magnum is a species of crested millipede in the family Abacionidae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America.[1][5] In captivity Abacion magnum is known to feed on dead insects as well as dead members of its own species. [6] It produces defensive secretions, shown by infrared spectrophotometry and vapor phase chromatography to contain p-Cresol. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Abacion magnum Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  2. ↑ "Abacion magnum species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  3. ↑ "Abacion magnum". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  4. ↑ "Abacion magnum Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  5. ↑ Shelley, R.M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  6. ↑ Hoffman, Richard L.; Payne, Jerry A. (1969). "Diplopods as Carnivores". Ecology. Wiley. 50 (6): 1096–1098. doi:10.2307/1936905. ISSN 0012-9658.
  7. ↑ Eisner, T.; Hurst, J. J.; Meinwald, J. (1963-01-01). "Defense Mechanisms of Arthropods. XI. The Structure, Function, and Phenolic Secretions of the Glands of a Chordeumoid Millipede and a Carabid Beetle". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 70 (2): 94–116. doi:10.1155/1963/69817. ISSN 0033-2615.

Further reading

  • Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications. Vol. 8. ISBN 9781884549120.


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