Kings Mountain Milliped Fauna 
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Polyzoniidae 
Polyzonium strictum Shelley, 1976 
Fig. 3 
Yellow adults of P. strictum were taken from beneath the bark of 
decaying logs in July and October. A large number of juveniles was ex- 
tracted from mixed pine-hardwood Berlese samples in October. In North 
Carolina P. strictum ranges from the mountains to the inner Coastal 
Plain, and it also occurs in the mountains of Virginia (Shelley 1976a). 
Andrognathidae 
Andrognathus corticarius Cope, 1968 
Fig. 4 
This slender, cream-colored diplopod typically occurs beneath the 
bark of decaying pine logs (Shelley 1978), a habitat that was examined ex- 
tensively in the study area. Only two specimens were encountered, how- 
ever, both in July from a single log at a Spencer Mountain site. Cham- 
berlin and Hoffman (1958) reported ^4. corticarius from western Virginia, 
southeastern Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and northern Florida. 
Gardner (1975) examined material from Graham and Madison counties 
in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina, and Shelley (1978) 
noted that the species was more prevalent in the southern subregion of 
the eastern Piedmont than north of the Deep-Cape Fear Rivers. 
Locality. Gaston Co. — 7.2 km NE Gastonia, along CR 2200, 2.2 km 
SW jet. NC Hwy. 7, base of Spencer Mountain, 2 9,1 July 1976, M. 
Filka and W.W. Thomson (NCSM A 1032). 
Blaniulidae 
Nopoiulus minutus (Brandt, 1841) 
This narrow brown milliped occurs in habitats similar to those of A. 
corticarius. Four immature specimens were encountered, in July and Oc- 
tober, but no adults were found. The dearth of specimens in the Kings 
Mountain region contrasts markedly with the abundance of the species 
farther east in the fall zone region of North Carolina, where it also occurs 
in summer and autumn (Shelley 1978). Nopoiulus minutus is widespread 
east of the Great Plains, ranging from Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio south 
to Georgia (Enghoff and Shelley 1979). 
Localities. Cleveland Co. — 9.1 km SE Kings Mountain (town), along 
CR 2286, 1.6 km S jet. CR 2283, 8 July 1976, 1 juv., M. Filka and W.W. 
Thomson (NCSM A 1973); and 1.9 km SW Kings Mountain (town). 
