Parajulus

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 : 22-23

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6230717

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scientific name

Parajulus
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" Parajulus View in CoL " schmidti Chamberlin, 1952

Diagnosis. Anterior gonopod coxal processes relatively narrow, widely separated basally from telopodites, extending ventrad in linear or sublinear configurations, subapical concavities variable but distinct. Posterior gonopod with a variable lamina joining anterior branch, solenomere, and two caudal projections; anterior branch with variably extended subapical prolongation; outer caudal branch (ob) broadly curved and apically blunt, inner caudal branch (ib) strongly bent, narrow and spiniform, overlying outer distal margin of outer branch; solenomere variably expanded, with rows of spinules on ridges and minute lobes.

Distribution. Southwestern Guatemala to western El Salvador.

Remarks. " Parajulus " schmidti comprises two forms that occur some 224 km (140 mi) apart and around 840 km (525 mi) south of " P." viganus . They are so anatomically similar that intermediate forms can be reasonably anticipated in the intervening lacuna, and I therefore recognize them at the subspecific level.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Diplopoda

Order

Julida

Family

Parajulidae

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