Way Down South: The milliped family Parajulidae (Julida: Parajulini) in Mexico and Central America; first records from El Salvador and the Baja California Peninsula
Author
Shelley, Rowland M.
text
Zootaxa
2008
1893
1
37
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.184362
15cd38b4-6c34-48c9-9bc1-a3b33c18220f
1175-5326
184362
Genus
Mexicoiulus
Verhoeff, 1926
Mexicoiulus
Verhoeff, 1926:65
, 66–67.
Jeekel, 1971
:166
.
Hoffman, 1999
:158
.
Type
species
.
M. dampfi
Verhoeff, 1926
, by monotypy.
Potential diagnostic features
(based on Verhoeff 1926). Posterior gonopod without anterior branch, with one caudal projection bending strongly subanteriad distally; solenomere falcate.
Remarks
.
Loomis (1968a)
placed
Mexicoiulus
in synonymy under
Parajulus
on the advice of N. B. Causey, and
Hoffman (1980)
maintained this status. However,
Hoffman (1999)
resurrected the taxon and stated that prior synonymies were incorrect; I concur with this action.
Based on similarities to aspects of Verhoeff's illustrations (1926:70, figs. 9–10), I tentatively group "
P
."
stylifer
, "
P
."
r.
rosanus
Chamberlin, 1943
, and "
P
."
rosanus
gyratus
Loomis, 1971
, with
M. dampfi
, but I retain them in "
Parajulus
" and do not formalize combination with
Mexicoiulus
.