Vancouvereuma, new genus

Type species: Vancouvereuma shawi (Shear, 2004), new combination

Diagnosis: Distinct from Taiyutyla, which it otherwise resembles, in the posterior gonopod coxites (Figs. 103, 104), which are broad and stout, lack a T-shaped branch but have a broad, curved, basal posterior process extending between the body of the coxa and the prefemur (B, Fig. 103). The anterior gonopods (Fig. 102) are broad and simple.

Etymology: From Vancouver Island and - euma, a combining stem often used in generic names in Chordeumatida . Feminine in gender.

Distribution: Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, and northwestern Washington, USA.

Notes: Vancouvereuma shawi (Shear, 2004) is the only known species. For a complete description and additional illustrations, see Shear (2004).

New records of previously described species