Paraiulus zempoalus

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 : 20-21

" Parajulus " pueblanus zempoalus Chamberlin, 1943 , new status.

Figs. 35–36

Paraiulus zempoalus Chamberlin, 1943:31 –32, pl. 6, figs. 56–58. Loomis, 1968a:76; 1971:52. Hoffman, 1999:171. Bueno-Villegas et al., 2004:589.

Type specimens. The holotype is lost. ɗ paratype ( NMNH) collected by C. Bolivar, 19 May 1940, at Parque Nacional Lagunas de Zempoala, Morelos, Mexico.

Diagnosis. Apical expansions of anterior gonopod coxal processes curving slightly ventrad, cupulate; anterior branch of posterior gonopod with relatively long apical prolongation, extending well beyond level of basal margin; caudal projection overhanging and extending beyond level of solenomere.

Habitat. According to Chamberlin (1943), specimens were encountered under logs and stone at elevations of 2,800–3,000 m (9,184–9,840 ft.). The juvenile topotypes taken in 1955 were found "under bark of Abies religiosa ."

Distribution. Parts of Morelos and Distrito Federal, Mexico.

Published record. MEXICO: Distrito Federal, Pedregal San Angel ( Loomis 1971). This correctly identified male is in the NMNH.

New records. MEXICO: Morelos, Parque Nacional Lagunas de Zempoala, 2800m, 2Ψ, 4 juvs., 14 April 1940, C. Bolivar, D. Pelaez (NMNH), 10ɗ, 3Ψ, 8 juvs., 31 May 1942, C. Bolivar (NMNH), and ca. 15 juvs., 14 August 1955, B. Malkin, C. Bolivar (NMNH); and Cuernavaca, juv., date unknown but before 1872, collector unknown (MNHN) and ɗ, 2 juvs., May 1898, collector unknown (NMNH).

FIGURES 29–34. " Parajulus " pueblanus pueblanus . 29, anterior gonopods of holotype, anterior view. 30, right posterior gonopod, medial view. 31, the same, lateral view. 32, distal elements of same, caudolateral view. 33, cyphopods of Ψ paratype, caudal view. 34, the same showing vestigial 2nd legs, anterior view. Abbreviations as in figs. 4–12. Scale line = 0.88 mm for figs. 29 and 34, 1.00 mm for figs. 30–31 and 33, 5.00 mm for fig. 32.

Figures

FIGURES 35 – 36. " Parajulus " pueblanus zempoalus, ♂ paratype. 35, anterior gonopods in situ, anterior view. 36, right posterior gonopod, medial view. Abbreviations as in figs. 4 – 12. Scale line = 0.31 mm for fig. 35, 0.50 mm for fig. 36.