Illacme socal

• Comment: It does not have enough detail for an independent article - it basically repeats what Illacme already contains KylieTastic (talk) 16:24, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

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Illacme socal
The Los Angeles thread millipede Illacme socal Shear and Marek, 2023
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Siphonophorida
Family:	Siphonorhinidae
Genus:	Illacme
Species:	I. socal
Binomial name
Illacme socal Marek and Shear, 2023

Illacme socal is a species of millipede in the family Siphonorhinidae. It was discovered in California at Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park in 2018.

Known as the Los Angeles thread millipede, it is thin and elongate. Like all members of the genus Illacme, I. socal is eyeless, lacks pigmentation, has well-developed sensory structures, and other troglomorphic features.

The habitat of I. socal is in chaparral shrubland in California live oak woodlands. Its lives beneath the humus layer and within the soil matrix.

Illacme socal Shear & Marek, 2023, scanning electron micrograph of the head of a female, MPE04625

scanning electron micrograph of right antenna of female paratype, apical view (MPE04976)

scanning electron micrograph of the midbody segments of a male, MPE04625

female paratype, MPE04625, anterior end

male holotype, MPE04621. Note the silk-like exudate on the midbody rings.

female paratype, MPE04625. U.S. nickel for scale.

External links

• Movie of a female I. socal millipede that was filmed in the laboratory, and within the soil from its microhabitat.

• Cedric Lee, who first discovered I. socal and Paul Marek, diplopodologist and expert on siphonorhinid millipedes, discuss its discovery and taxonomic species description on the New Species Podcast.

• Observations of I. socal on the citizen science website, iNaturalist.