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Orophe cabinetus

Chamberlin, 1951

a millipede

GHPossibly Extinct Found in 10 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
GHPossibly ExtinctGlobal Rank
UnknownThreat Impact
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.793317
Element CodeITUNI94010
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryInvertebrate Animal
Endemicendemic to a single state or province
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassDiplopoda
OrderPolydesmida
FamilyXystodesmidae
GenusOrophe
Concept Reference
Hoffman, R. L. 1999. Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Special Publication No. 8., Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville, Virginia. 584 pp.
Conservation Status
Rank MethodLegacy Rank calculation - Excel v3.1x
Review Date2018-12-18
Change Date2018-12-18
Edition Date2018-12-13
Edition AuthorsAlmquist, D. T. (2018)
Threat ImpactUnknown
Range ExtentZero to 5000 square km (zero to about 2000 square miles)
Number of Occurrences0 - 5
Rank Reasons
There are few occurrences within a relatively small range and all available records are from 40 or more years ago.
Range Extent Comments
Records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility and NatureServe are in approximately 7000 acres in far western Montana near the Idaho border, but none have been documented since 1978 (GBIF 2018).
Occurrences Comments
There are eight occurrences in NatureServe's database, but only one has been documented within the past 50 years and the most recent is 1978.
Threat Impact Comments
Threats are unknown.
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Moist mixed conifer forest (Montana Natural Heritage Program 2010).
Terrestrial Habitats
Forest - Conifer
Other Nations (1)
United StatesNH
ProvinceRankNative
MontanaSNRYes
Threat Assessments
ThreatScopeSeverityTiming
Unknown/undetermined———

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Roadless Areas (10)
Montana (10)
AreaForestAcres
Cube Iron - SilcoxLolo National Forest36,998
HoodooLolo National Forest105,162
Lone Cliff Smeads #674Kootenai National Forest5,118
Marble PointLolo National Forest12,581
Mt. BushnellLolo National Forest41,798
Patricks Knob - North CutoffLolo National Forest16,970
Scotchman Peaks (MT)Kootenai National Forest53,909
Sheep Mountain - StatelineLolo National Forest37,844
South Siegel - South CutoffLolo National Forest13,474
Sundance RidgeLolo National Forest7,558
References (5)
  1. Chamberlin, R. V. 1951. Eleven new western millipeds. Natural History Miscellanea 87:1-12.
  2. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). 2018. GBIF data accessed through GeoCAT portal. Online. Available: http://geocat.kew.org/ (Accessed 2018).
  3. Hoffman, R. L. 1999. Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Special Publication No. 8., Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville, Virginia. 584 pp.
  4. Shear, W.A. 2003. The milliped family Trichopetalidae, Part 1: Introduction and Genera <i>Trigenotyla</i> Causey, <i>Nannopetalum</i> n. gen. and <i>Causeyella</i> n. gen. (Diplopoda: Choreumatida, Cleidgonoidea). Zootaxa 321: 1-36.
  5. Shelley, R. M. 1993. The milliped genus Orophe Chamberlin (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae). Insecta Mundi 7(3):175-182.