Octoglena anura Cook 1904
Creators: name: Shelley, Rowland M.
name: Richart, Casey H.
name: Bogan, Arthur E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Diplopoda
Polyzoniida
Hirudisomatidae
Octoglena
Octoglena anura

description: Octoglena anura (Cook, 1904)
Hypozonium anurum Cook, 1904:63, pl. V, figs. 1a–d. Chamberlin, 1911:262. Cook and Loomis, 1928:17. Chamberlin and Hoffman, 1958:187. Kevan, 1983:2962. Scudder, 1994:22.
Octoglena anura: Shelley, 1996:119 –125, figs. 12–15. Hoffman, 1999:29.
Habitat: Notations with newly reported samples include "riparian edges of headwater stream, litter and woody debris of Alnus rubra, Picea sitchensis, and Tsuga plicata "; "litter and woody debris among Alnus rubra, Picea sitchensis, Tsuga heterophylla, and Lystichitum americanum "; "litter and woody debris among Acer macrophyllum, Polystichum munitum, and Pseudotsuga menziesii "; "litter and woody debris of Corylus cornuta and Umbellularia californica "; "riparian forest litter of Oplopanax horridum and Rubus spectabilus "; and " Tsuga heterophylla tree farm, Alnus rubra riparian, streamside woody debris."
Distribution: The southwest corner of "mainland" BC southward to northern Douglas Co., Oregon, and inland to the western slope of the Cascade Mountains (Shelley 1996). The following unpublished samples are available; CHR denotes samples collected by the second author. When sexes were not determined, the total number of specimens is provided after the institutional acronym.
USA: WASHINGTON: Clallam Co., Olympic Nat. Pk., above W shore of Willoughby L. (N48° 14' 04.47", W124° 41' 08.77"), 21 April 2007, A. Fusek, CHR (WAS-1). Cowlitz Co., Germany Cr. Rd., 5 mi (8 km) N WA hwy. 4 (N46° 15' 15.75", W123° 08' 02.71"), 18 September 2008, C.H. and D. Richart (WAS-1). Grays Harbor Co., along Moclips Rd. ca. 25 mi (40 km) N US hwy. 101, juv., 6 November 2002, W.P. Leonard (NCSM). Lewis Co., Rainbow Falls St. Pk. (N46° 37' 48.59", W123° 13' 54.53"), 2 April 2008, CHR, W.P. Leonard, S. Derkarabetian (WAS-9); and off logging rd. E of Kjesbu Rd., 0.4 mi (0.6 km) N Flynn Rd. (N46° 33' 44.98", W122° 28' 59.36"), 28 July 2009, CHR, D. Leavitt (WAS-1). Mason Co., along Kennedy Cr. ca. 200 ft (60 m) W Old Olympic hwy., 3, ♀, W.P. Leonard (NCSM). Pacific Co., near Nemah Fish Hatchery (N46° 30' 14.46", W123° 50' 30.84"), 9 May 2007, CHR (WAS-1); along Trap Cr. Rd., 1.1 mi (1.8 km) S WA hwy. 6 (N46° 32' 35.07", W123° 36' 53.59"), 2 April 2008, CHR, W.P. Leonard, S. Derkarabetian (WAS-1); and Ellsworth Creek Pres. (N46° 24' 49.95", W123° 53' 31.92"), 2 April 2008, CHR, W.P. Leonard, S. Derkarabetian (WAS-2). Skamania Co., Headwater Basin in Rock Cr. watershed (N45° 42' 51.48", W121° 55' 39.36"), 16 August 2005, CHR (WAS-1). Wahkiakum Co., along Elochoman Valley Rd., 7.8 mi (12.5 km) N WA hwy. 4 (N46° 16' 40.31", W123° 16' 32.83"), 19 September 2008, C.H. and D. Richart (WAS-1).
OREGON: Benton Co., Mary's Peak, 23, 19 January 1985, K.W. Radtke (AMNH). Columbia Co., along Swedetown Rd., 2.9 mi (4.7 km) S US hwy. 30 (N46° 04' 46.07", W123° 09' 06.84"), 2 April 2008, CHR, S. Derkarabetian (WAS-1). Coos Co., Gold and Silver Falls St. Pk. (N43° 29' 00.58", W123° 08' 02.81"), 4 April 2008, CHR, S. Derkarabetian (WAS-1). Lane Co., Clark Cr. Organization Camp (N43° 58' 20.94", W122° 34' 45.43"), Willamette National Forest, 1 April 2008, CHR, S. Derkarabetian (WAS-3). Linn Co., Monument Peak, ♀, 29 September 1969, R.L. Westcott, E.M. Fisher (UCD). Multnomah Co., Portland, 3, ♀♀, juvs., 2 January 1970, J.S. Buckett (UCD).
description: Published as part of Shelley, Rowland M., Richart, Casey H. & Bogan, Arthur E., 2010, Octoglena claraqua, n. sp. (Polyzoniida: Hirudisomatidae), a new milliped from Idaho, USA; first record of the order from the western interior of North America, pp. 55-64 in Zootaxa 2446 on pages 60-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.195063