scholarly journals Species richness of soil and leaf litter tardigrades in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (North Carolina/Tennessee, USA)

2013 ◽  
Vol 72 (1s) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane R. Nelson ◽  
Paul J. Bartels
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Species Richness ◽  
Leaf Litter ◽  
National Park ◽  
Great Smoky Mountains ◽  
Smoky Mountains

A preliminary checklist of the millipedes (Diplopoda) of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1856 (1) ◽  
pp. 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
BRUCE A. SNYDER
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
National Park ◽  
Appalachian Mountains ◽  
The United States ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Great Smoky Mountains ◽  
Biodiversity Inventory ◽  
Smoky Mountains ◽  
Near Future

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the most visited National Park in the United States, is home to a wide diversity of millipede species. A preliminary list of these species is provided, based on literature records and new collections from the All-Taxa Biodiversity Inventory and the author’s research. This report establishes that the Park’s presently known fauna consists of 62 species (one of which contains two subspecies) in 21 families and all 10 orders known from eastern North America, and includes at least five new state records and 18 new Park records. In the near future several undescribed species will likely be added to the list, as well as described species that are currently known to occur near the Park, but have never been reported from within the Park’s boundary.Key words: Appalachian Mountains, ATBI, North Carolina, Tennessee, biodiversity, inventory, GSMNP

Pauropoda (Myriapoda) from Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U.S.A., with descriptions of four new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2962 (1) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
ULF SCHELLER
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Great Smoky Mountains ◽  
Biodiversity Inventory ◽  
Smoky Mountains

As a part of the All-Taxa Biodiversity Inventory of Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Tennessee, North Carolina, U.S.A.) a collection of 192 specimens of Pauropoda has been studied. Eighteen species belonging to six genera in three families have been identified. Four of the species in Pauropodidae are new to science and described: Decapauropus arcuatilis n. sp., Stylopauropus plicatus n. sp., Donzelotauropus dividuus n. sp. and Donzelotauropus tenuitarsus n. sp. With the four new species the number of known species in GSMNP now stands at 49. A key is presented to the genera collected up to now in GSMNP.

scholarly journals A New Species of Land Planarian, Diporodemus merridithae, and Cohabitant Specimens from Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina, U.S.A

2013 ◽  
Vol 129 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Benny C. Glasgow
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
North Carolina ◽  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
The United States ◽  
Internal Anatomy ◽  
Great Smoky Mountains ◽  
Smoky Mountains ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Land Planarian

Abstract A new endemic species of land planarian, Diporodemus merridithae, belonging to subfamily Microplaninae is described from Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This is the first report of a new land planarian of the subfamily Microplaninae from the United States since 1954 (Hyman 1954). Species external and internal anatomy is described using photographs and a drawing and notes on species distribution, habitat, and conservation are provided. Identifications and previous reports of land planarians from Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the United States, and Europe is discussed, as are collections of two cohabitants and the observation of asexual reproduction observed in one cohabitant specimen.

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