Bifurcatella bifurcata ( Shear, 1974 ) Shear & Richart & Wong, 2020

Shear, William A., Richart, Casey H. & Wong, Victoria L., 2020, The millipede family Conotylidae in northwestern North America, with a complete bibliography of the family (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Heterochordeumatidea, Conotyloidea), Zootaxa 4753 (1), pp. 1-78 : 53-55

Bifurcatella bifurcata ( Shear, 1974) , new combination

Figs. 204, 205

New records: Bollmanella bifurcata Shear 1974, p. 143 . OREGON: Umatilla Co., Umatilla National Forest, FS- 65 0.4 mi E of Tiger Creek Road, elev. 1520 m., 45.9442°N, - 118.0094°W, 24 October 2003, W. Leonard, mm ff. Union Co. , Little Indian Creek , 8 mi N of Cove, ca. 45.4134°N, - 117.7988°W (estimated coordinates taken from 8 air mi N of Cove along FS-6205), 10 September 1977, R. K. Johnson, mm ff (2 vials, FSCA) .

Notes: This species was originally described ( Shear 1974) from 2 mi west of Joseph , along Hurricane Creek , Wallowa Co., Oregon, from specimens collected 23 November 1968. The new records are consistent with a range encompassing northeastern Oregon. In Fig. 204 , the mesal branch of the anterior gonopod has been broken; it is normally about half the length of the lateral branch .

Descriptions of new species of Bifurcatella

Figures

FIGS. 204–207. Bifurcatella spp. Figs. 204, 205. Bifurcatella bifurcata. Fig. 204. Right anterior gonopod, posterior view. Fig. 205. Right posterior gonopod coxite, posterior view. Figs. 206, 207. Bifurcatella olympiana. Fig. 206. Anterior gonopods, posterior view. Fig. 207. Left posterior gonopod coxite, posterior view.