Pheniulus Chamberlin, 1943

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 : 19

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6230705

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scientific name

Pheniulus Chamberlin, 1943
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Genus Pheniulus Chamberlin, 1943 View in CoL

Pheniulus Chamberlin, 1943:29 View in CoL . Loomis, 1968a:76. Jeekel, 1971:173. Hoffman, 1980:108; 1999:161.

Type species. P. phenotypus Chamberlin, 1943 , by original designation.

Potential diagnostic features. The apically expanded anterior gonopod coxal processes, with short subacuminate lobes extending in opposite directions ( Chamberlin 1943:83, fig.59).

Distribution. Western Morelos and adjacent Distrito Federal to western Veracruz, encompassing part of western Puebla and most if not all of Tlaxcala.

Remarks. The status of Pheniulus and its true diagnostic features cannot be determined until the identity of the type species is resolved (see following account). For now, I tentatively combine under this name all forms with apically expanded ag coxal processes even though they have different numbers of pg projections. As with Mexicoiulus , I retain them in " Parajulus " and do not formalize combination with Pheniulus .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Diplopoda

Order

Julida

Family

Parajulidae

Loc

Pheniulus Chamberlin, 1943

Shelley, Rowland M. 2008
2008
Loc

Pheniulus

Hoffman 1980: 108
Jeekel 1971: 173
Loomis 1968: 76
Chamberlin 1943: 29
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