Mexicoiulus Verhoeff, 1926

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, Zootaxa 1893, pp. 1-37 : 12

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.184362

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6230687

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scientific name

Mexicoiulus Verhoeff, 1926
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Genus Mexicoiulus Verhoeff, 1926 View in CoL

Mexicoiulus Verhoeff, 1926:65 View in CoL , 66–67. Jeekel, 1971:166. Hoffman, 1999:158.

Type species. M. dampfi Verhoeff, 1926 , by monotypy.

Potential diagnostic features (based on Verhoeff 1926). Posterior gonopod without anterior branch, with one caudal projection bending strongly subanteriad distally; solenomere falcate.

Remarks. Loomis (1968a) placed Mexicoiulus in synonymy under Parajulus on the advice of N. B. Causey, and Hoffman (1980) maintained this status. However, Hoffman (1999) resurrected the taxon and stated that prior synonymies were incorrect; I concur with this action.

Based on similarities to aspects of Verhoeff's illustrations (1926:70, figs. 9–10), I tentatively group " P." stylifer , " P." r. rosanus Chamberlin, 1943 , and " P." rosanus gyratus Loomis, 1971 , with M. dampfi , but I retain them in " Parajulus " and do not formalize combination with Mexicoiulus .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Diplopoda

Order

Julida

Family

Parajulidae

Loc

Mexicoiulus Verhoeff, 1926

Shelley, Rowland M. 2008
2008
Loc

Mexicoiulus

Hoffman 1999: 158
Jeekel 1971: 166
1971
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