Motyxia porrecta Causey & Tiemann, 1969: 27

Keller, Oliver, Dunn, Ann & Soto-Adames, Felipe, 2023, An annotated catalog of the primary type material of Myriapoda deposited in the Florida State Collection of Arthropods in Gainesville, FL, USA, Zootaxa 5293 (2), pp. 230-250 : 242-243

Motyxia porrecta Causey & Tiemann, 1969: 27

Holotype: 1 ♂. MALE HOLOTYPE / FEMALE ALLOTYPE / Motyxia porrecta Causey & Tiemann / California: Kern Co.: Kern River / Canyon , County Picnic Site (Stork/ Creek), el. 1420 ft., 27 Jan 1965 / D. Tiemann, collector // [barcode label] FSCA 00070975 .

Conservation status: Fair condition; in 75% EtOH.

Additional notes: Allotype 1 ♀ in vial; same location data; FSCA 00070976 ; 39 paratypes ♂♂: County Picnic Ground (Stork Cr.)/ Kern River Canyon , Kern Co. Calif. / El. 1420′. 27.i.1965, D. Tiemann (23 ♂♂ and 3 ♀♀ missing), FSCA 00071053 – FSCA 00071091 ; 23 paratypes ♂♂: 5.8 mi. Below Miracle Hot Springs,/ Kern River Canyon, Kern Co. , Calif. / El. 2470′. 27.i.1965./ D. Tiemann (4 ♂♂ missing), FSCA 00070741 – FSCA 00070759 , FSCA 00071046 – FSCA 00071049 . 3 paratypes ♂♂: County Picnic Ground , Kern Riv / River Canyon , 4 mi. Above 2nd/ S.C.E. Power House 29.iii.1964 / D. Tiemann Kern Co. Calif., FSCA 00071050 – FSCA 00071052 . 15 paratypes ♂♂, 2 paratypes ♀♀, 1 paratype immature: Kern River Canyon, Kern Co.,/ Calif. Democrat Hot Springs / Turnoff. El. 2200′. 27.i.1965./ D. Tiemann (77 ♂♂, 1 ♀♀, 3 imm. missing) FSCA 00071035 – FSCA 00071045 , FSCA 00070734 – FSCA 00070740 .

Remarks: We also have 1 ♂ lectotype and 20 ♂♂ paralectotypes. We are not sure why Shelley decided to designate a lectotype. Seemingly this was done in his revision of the genus ( Shelley 1997), but there he cites the holotype and makes no mention of a lectotype. The only clue would be his acknowledgement of G. G. Edwards for sending him the syntype series of Motyxia porrecta . Below are the data of the lectotype and the paralectotypes:

Lectotype: 1 ♂. MALE PARATYPES // MOTYXIA PORRECTA Causey & Tiemann // Polydesmidae : Xystodesmidae // Motyxia porrecta Causey & Tiemann / Male SYNTYPES, Sig. Shelley, 1995 // Motyxia porrecta Causey & Tiemann / M Lectotype / 20 Male paralectotypes / Sig. Shelley, 1995 // Kern River Canyon, 1.3 mi. / below Miracle Hot Springs/ El. 2480′. 27.i.1965./ Kern Co., Calif. D. Tiemann. // [in microvial] M LECTOTYPE // [barcode label] FSCA 00071014.

Conservation status: Fair condition; in 75% EtOH; specimen in microvial.

Additional notes: Paralectotypes: 20 ♂♂, same location data as lectotype; FSCA 00071015 – FSCA 00071034 .