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Asiomorpha coarctata

Veri Tinito

Long-flange Millipede

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Long-flange Millipede

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Veri Tinito (RR), Veri Tinitō (MG), Veli Tinitō (PK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE probably Indonesia - Australia; EXOTIC EXOTIC circumtropical, including Indonesia - Marquesas, Hawai‘i

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Naturalised; S.Group - widespread uncommon; Land, lowlands; leaf-litter

KEY FEATURES: Flat millipede to 2cm. Body dark brown to black in adults. MIDBODY (segments 8-9) lateral flanges (=paranata) sharp posteriorly. MALE gonopod on 7th segment, long and slender, reaching posterior legs of 5th.

SIMILAR SPECIES: See under Short-flange Millipede (Oxidus gracilis).

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea: Present
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
++	P	P			P

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
			+++

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Asiomorpha coarctata (Saussure, 1860)
SYNONYMS: Orthomorpha coarctata; Polydesmus coarctata [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELOCERATA; DIPLOPODA; Chilognatha; Polydesmida; POLYDESMIDAE

More Information

GENERAL NOTE: Important animals in breaking down dead plant material. They break it up into smaller parts so that there is more surface area for bacteria and microfungi to digest and recycle the chemicals.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Cooks: mention in BPBM Bull.113 (1935) p.133. Pukapuka: specimen+photo, PK#??, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Asiomorpha coarctata, to BPBM.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM04a, zD02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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