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Parajulus
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" Parajulus " amulensis (Pocock, 1903)
Figs. 60–65
Paraiulus amulensis Pocock, 1903:55 –56, figs. 1, 1a, 3, 3a, pl. 5, figs. 9, 9a–d. Loomis, 1968a:74. Hoffman, 1999:169. Bueno-Villegas et al., 2004:589.
Type specimens. 3ɗ and 1Ψ syntypes (BMNH), all highly fragmented, taken by an unknown collector on an unknown date at Amula, Guerrero, Mexico. This village is located about 9.5 km (5.9 mi) NW Chilapa; coordinates are 17° 38' N, 99° 15' W (Selander & Vaurie 1962).
Potential diagnostic features. The distal configuration of the ag coxal processes and the broad, somewhat parallel curvature of the pg projections in lateral view (Figs. 60, 62).
Distribution. Known only from the type locality.
Notes
Published as part of Shelley, Rowland M., 2008, Way Down South: The milliped family Parajulidae (Julida: Parajulini) in Mexico and Central America; first records from El Salvador and the Baja California Peninsula, pp. 1-37 in Zootaxa 1893 on page 29, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.184362
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Biodiversity
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Julida
- Family
- Parajulidae
- Genus
- Parajulus
- Taxon rank
- genus
References
- Pocock, R. I. (1903 - 1910) Chilopoda and Diplopoda, Pp. 41 - 217, in Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoologia. Taylor & Francis, London. (Fascicles treating the Parajulidae distributed in November 1903 and November 1907).
- Loomis, H. F. (1968 a) A checklist of the millipeds of Mexico and Central America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 266, 1 - 137
- Hoffman, R. L. (1999) Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication Number 8, 1 - 584.
- Bueno-Villegas, J., Sierwald, P., and Bond, J. E. (2004) Diplopoda. pp. 569 - 599, in B. J. Llorente, J. J. Morrone, O. Yanez, and I. Vargas (eds.), Biodiversidad, Taxonomia y Biogeografia de Artropodos de Mexico: Hacia una sintesis de su conocimiento. IV. UNAM, Mexico.
- Selander, R. B., & Vaurie, P. (1962) A gazetteer to accompany the " Insecta " volumes of the " Biologia Centrali-Americana. " American Museum Novitates, 2099, 1 - 70.