Kings Mountain Milliped Fauna 
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North Carolina. The other inselberg regions have no faunas of such 
singular importance to the state. Information on unique areas in North 
Carolina is timely in regard to recent concerns about environmental 
management and planning, as reflected by the North Carolina Environ- 
mental Policy Act of 1971; the State Land Policy and Coastal Area 
Management Acts, both enacted in 1974; and the Symposium on En- 
dangered and Threatened Biota of North Carolina (see Cooper et al. 
1977). Moreover, the North Carolina Natural Heritage Program, ad- 
ministered by the Department of Natural Resources and Community 
Development through a contract with The Nature Conservancy, is 
presently conducting an inventory of the state’s most significant natural 
areas. In order to realize the goals of these programs and to effectively 
manage the resources of the state, knowledge of its indigenous flora and 
fauna must be substantiated. Another objective of this project, therefore, 
was to furnish such knowledge for the Diplopoda of the Kings Mountain 
area, and categories of concern are suggested in some of the species ac- 
counts. 
This report includes a key to genera and species, and gonopod il- 
lustrations to assist in determinations. Accounts are presented for each 
milliped species collected, along with synonymies for the two species 
previously reported from the region or vicinity. Numeric ratios of or- 
ders/families/genera/species (o/f/g/s) and species/genera (s/g) are used 
to show diversity and seasonal variation within the Kings Mountain 
fauna and to compare it with the faunas of the eastern Piedmont and the 
Great Smoky Mountains (Tables 10-12). Comments on seasonal oc- 
currence of adults and juveniles are provided in the species accounts and 
summarized in Table 10. Noteworthy behavior and gonopodal variation 
are discussed for each species where appropriate. Localities are listed for 
species collected from fewer than six sites and for three diplopods con- 
sidered of Special Concern in North Carolina, as defined in Cooper et al. 
(1977). Due to present nomenclatorial confusion and in deference to 
current work by other specialists, as explained in appropriate accounts. 
