Polyxenus fasciculatus (Say 1821)

Snyder, Bruce A., 2008, A preliminary checklist of the millipedes (Diplopoda) of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Zootaxa 1856, pp. 16-32 : 17

Polyxenus fasciculatus (Say 1821) NEW PARK RECORD

Taxonomic note: Nearctic polyxenid species-level determinations are based on the number of sensory cones on the 6th antennomere. This character is variable (P. l a g u r u s has 4–6 cones while P. fasciculatus has 7–17; see Condé 1996), and can be very difficult to see with a dissecting microscope. Scanning electron microscopy was utilized to determine this species.

Tennessee: Blount Co.: Chilhowee, 17 June 2006, 19 Aug 2006, 10 Aug 2007.