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Abacion lactarium

Abacion lactarium

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Status
Not Evaluated

IUCN conservation assessment category

Habitat
Various biomes

Primary ecological niche & biome

Diet
Omnivorous

Dietary type and primary food source

Activity
Diurnal

Diurnal, nocturnal, or active patterns

Scientific Summary

GBIF Taxonomic Backbone & Wikipedia Registry Profile

<div><p>Abacion lactarium (Say, 1821)</p> <p>Julus lactarius Say, 1821, J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 2: 104. Type material, from an unspecified locality, not known to be extant. Chamberlin & Hoffman (1958: 109) suggested Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as restricted type locality, but without designating a neotype.</p> <p>Cambala lactarius: Gray, 1832, In: Griffith and Pidgeon, The class Insecta arranged by Baron Cuvier, pl. 135, fig. 2. Gervais, 1837, Ann. Sci. Nat., Zool., 7: 48. Gervais, 1847, Hist. Nat. Ins. Apt., 4: 134.</p> <p>Spirostrephon lactarius: Brandt, 1840, Rec. Mém. relat. ord. Ins. Myriapodes: 90. Wood, 1865, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc., 13: 192. Ryder, 1881, Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus. Wash., 3: 526. Loomis, 1937, Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus. Wash., 84 (3006): 108, figs 16, l-m. Chamberlin, 1943, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 56: 145. Causey, 1953, Am. Midl. Nat., 50: 155.</p> <p>Cambala lactaria: Newport, 1844, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 1, 13: 266.</p> <p>Platops lineata Newport, 1844, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 1, 13: 267. HT (BMNH) from North America. Synonymy proposed by Pocock (1893).</p> <p>Lysiopetalum lineatum: Gervais, 1847, Hist. Nat. Ins. Apt., 4: 133.</p> <p>Lysiopetalum lactarium: McNeill, 1888, Bull. Brookville Soc. Nat. Hist., 3: 9. Pocock, 1893, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 6, 11: 248. Chamberlin, 1931, Entomol. News, 42 (4): 98.</p> <p>Callipus lactarius: Williams & Hefner, 1928, Ohio State Univ. Bull., 33 (7): 118–119, fig. 15.</p> <p>Spirostrephon lactarium: Loomis, 1944, Psyche, 51 (3–4): 168 (in part).</p> <p>Abacion lactarium: Chamberlin & Hoffman, 1958, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 212: 109. Shelley, 1984, Can. J. Zool., 62: 983, figs 4–6. Hoffman, 1999, Checklist Millip. North & Middle Am.: 197.</p> <p>Range: New Jersey to central Florida, west and north to Ohio and Indiana, with an apparent hiatus in the range between</p> <p>Virginia and northern Florida. Although the species is statewide in Florida, there are no Coastal Plain records for the</p> <p>northern population (cf. Hoffman 1999).</p></div>
Biology & Conservation

Scientific field studies are ongoing to establish comprehensive biological records for this species, including precise wild population estimates, dietary distributions, typical lifespans, and specific daily activity patterns. Taxonomic details have been successfully categorized under the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) backbone index, and deeper environmental analysis is active to catalog its behavior and conservation profile within its native biomes.

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Quick Facts
Native RangeGlobal
Habitat RangeGlobal
Lifespan
StatusData Deficient
ScientificAbacion lactarium
Registry Info
LifespanUnknown
KingdomAnimalia
FamilyAbacionidae