Annotated Checklist of the Diplura (Hexapoda: Entognatha) of California
Author
Graening, G. O.
Author
Shcherbanyuk, Yana
Author
Arghandiwal, Maryam
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Parajapyx isabellae
(
Grassi, 1886
)
Following are determinations by L. Smith from slide-mounted material from BME:
Amador County:
Martel,
21 Mar. 1959
, L. Smith.
Calaveras County:
6 miles
North of Ione,
25June
. 1958, Smith & Schuster.
El Dorado County:
near Nashville,
25 Apr. 1958
, Smith & Schuster.
Lassen County:
Bieber,
3 specimens
,
17Apr. 1958
, R. Gerhardt.
Marin County:
1 mile
west of Inverness,
1 Mar. 1960
, A. Grigarick, L. Smith, and R. Schuster.
Sacramento County:
Folsom Lake State Park, Horseshoe Bar,
15 Apr. 1958
, Smith & Schuster.
San Diego County:
Borrego Springs,
25 Mar. 1959
, L. Smith and A. Grigarick.
Solano County:
Mix Canyon,
12 Mar. 1960
, F. Parker and A. Menke.
Sonoma County:
8 miles
west Santa Rosa, soil alfalfa field,
12 Nov. 1958
, W. Lange and H. McKenzie; Fort Ross, McKenzie’s pasture, soil/Indian middens,
27 Apr. 1959
, A. Gray.
Yolo County:
In a barley field near Davis (
Smith 1961
); Winters,
23 Apr. 1959
, F. Raney; Davis, Covell Ranch,
Aug. 1944
.
Also reported from Arizona, Arkansas, Hawaii, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma (
Allen 2002; L. Smith, unpub. data, BME
). This exotic, cosmopolitan species is associated with potting soil, probably distributed by the greenhouse industry; the
type
locality is
Italy
(
Reddell 1983
).