Mesic-habitat
Guides
Conotylidae
Conotylidae is a family of millipedes in the order Chordeumatida, containing approximately 19 genera and at least 60 described species. Adult members possess 30 body segments, counting the collum as the first and the telson as the last. The family exhibits its highest diversity in northwestern North America, where five of six subfamilies and ten of fourteen previously described genera occur. Several species are troglobiotic, restricted to cave environments, and some are considered climatic relicts from the Pleistocene.
Hypocoena basistriga
White-veined Sedge Moth
Hypocoena basistriga is a small noctuid moth with a distinctive pattern of white-veined forewings against a dark brown background. It inhabits mesic environments across western North America, from Alaska to the western Great Lakes region. The species has a single annual generation with adults active in late summer and early fall. Larval biology remains undocumented, though related species are stem borers in monocots.
Promyrmekiaphila clathrata
wafer-lid trapdoor spider
Promyrmekiaphila clathrata is a species of wafer-lid trapdoor spider in the family Euctenizidae, endemic to California. It constructs silk-lined burrows up to 30 cm deep in soil, covered with a wafer-like trapdoor made of silk and soil. The species exhibits deep genetic population structure across its range but is not divided into multiple species. It is one of three described species in the genus Promyrmekiaphila.