Apheloria polychroma Marek, Means & Hennen, 2018

Apheloria polychroma Marek, Means & Hennen, 2018 View in CoL

Apheloria polychroma Marek, Means & Hennen, 2018 , Zootaxa, 4375(3): 416, figs 1-6. MALE HT (FMNH). United States:

Virginia, Lee County. Apheloria roanea Chamberlin, 1947 , Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 99: 26, fig. 8. MALE

HT (ANSP). United States: Tennessee, Roane County. Synonymized with montana by Hoffman, 1999, Checklist: 306 (294

pdf), but clearly polychroma based on telopodite morphology, distribution and color, see remark. Apheloria “flavissima”—Hobson 2010, Powell Mountain Karst Preserve, 50. Apheloria “Stone”—Marek & Bond 2007, Zootaxa, 1610: 29. Apheloria “Casteel”—Marek & Bond 2007, Zootaxa, 1610: 29. Apheloria “Clade A”—Marek & Bond 2009, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106 (24): 9755.

Remarks: Apheloria roanea was described from Roane County, which falls within the range of Apheloria polychroma and is outside the range of A. montana . Hoffman synonymized it under Apheloria montana , but the original description fits better with A. polychroma , potentially making A. polychroma a junior synonym. Unfortunately, fresh material from the type locality is not available, and the type and only known specimen of A. roanea cannot be located. Additionally the name Apheloria polychroma has now been used in a multitude of publications. For taxonomic stability we do not list A. polychroma as a junior synonym of A. roanea .