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<mods:title id="839690D053B6FA71930D44175EFB1ECC">The milliped family Pyrgodesmidae in the continental USA, with the first record of Poratia digitata (Porat) from the Bahamas (Diplopoda: Polydesmida)</mods:title>
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<taxonomicName id="4C424D40FF94FF94FD87CD0BFCE5AA49" ID-CoL="6RTD4" authority="Shelley, 2004" authorityName="Shelley" authorityYear="2004" box="[579,855,351,375]" class="Diplopoda" family="Pyrgodesmidae" genus="Myrmecodesmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polydesmida" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="reddelli" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="B936EAD1FF94FF94FD87CD0BFCE5AA49" bold="true" box="[579,855,351,375]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175">Myrmecodesmus reddelli</emphasis>
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,
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<paragraph id="8BFD36C3FF94FF94FD59CD2BFC22AAA9" blockId="17.[579,1002,351,407]" box="[669,912,383,407]" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175">(figures 7, 11, 17–20)</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BFD36C3FF94FF94FEA5CDE1FCBFA952" blockId="17.[313,1269,436,1736]" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175">
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<emphasis id="B936EAD1FF94FF94FEA5CDE1FDA5AAF2" box="[353,535,437,460]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175">Type specimens.</emphasis>
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<materialsCitation id="3B2A3C9EFF94FF94FDDBCDE0FCBBA952" collectingDate="1969-03-15" collectionCode="FSCA" collectorName="J. R. Reddell & N Boerne" county="Kendall County" location="Kendall County" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175" specimenCount="4" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Texas" typeStatus="syntype">
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One male and
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<specimenCount id="9D44FD4AFF94FF94FD0CCDE0FCE6AAF2" box="[712,852,436,460]" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175" type="female">three female</specimenCount>
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<typeStatus id="54F98861FF94FF94FC99CDE1FC0CAAF3" box="[861,958,437,461]" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175" type="syntype">syntypes</typeStatus>
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(
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<collectionCode id="ED53AE06FF94FF94FC16CDE0FBAFAAF2" box="[978,1053,436,460]" country="USA" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/jekt-x82m" name="Florida State Collection of Arthropods, The Museum of Entomology" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175" type="Museum">FSCA</collectionCode>
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) collected by
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<collectorName id="26B75315FF94FF94FB79CDE1FE21AAD2" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175">J. R. Reddell</collectorName>
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,
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<date id="FFFC1003FF94FF94FE63CD87FDD4AAD2" box="[423,614,467,492]" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175" value="1969-03-15">
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<collectingDate id="EFB8E9EBFF94FF94FE63CD87FDD4AAD2" box="[423,614,467,492]" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175" value="1969-03-15">15 March 1969</collectingDate>
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</date>
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, 7.5 mi (12.0 km)
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<collectorName id="26B75315FF94FF94FC8DCD81FC73AAD2" box="[841,961,469,492]" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175">N Boerne</collectorName>
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,
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<collectingCounty id="629C4E4FFF94FF94FC12CD80FB2AAAD2" box="[982,1176,468,492]" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175">Kendall County</collectingCounty>
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,
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<collectingRegion id="4986F821FF94FF94FB69CD81FB43AAD2" box="[1197,1265,469,492]" country="United States of America" name="Texas" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175">Texas</collectingRegion>
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. I designate
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instead of a
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<typeStatus id="54F98861FF94FF94FD12CDA0FC8BA932" box="[726,825,500,524]" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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and
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<typeStatus id="54F98861FF94FF94FC44CDA0FC5CA932" box="[896,1006,500,524]" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
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because, after noting somatic features of the male, I had to dissect the gonopods, which resulted in fragmentation such that I could no longer distinguish the parts of the male from those of the already fragmented females
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</materialsCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BFD36C3FF94FF94FEA5CE20FD28A9D5" blockId="17.[313,1269,436,1736]" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175">
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<emphasis id="B936EAD1FF94FF94FEA5CE20FE67A9B5" box="[353,469,628,651]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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Porosteles present on segments 5, 10, 13 and 16. Crests on caudalmost segments diminished in height and only slightly overhanging sides of epiproct, barely extending beyond level of its caudal extremity, tip of epiproct visible in dorsal view between crests (figures 17, 18).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BFD36C3FF94FF94FEA5CEA7FD48AFD7" blockId="17.[313,1269,436,1736]" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175">
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<emphasis id="B936EAD1FF94FF94FEA5CEA7FE4CA835" box="[353,510,755,779]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175">
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Male
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<typeStatus id="54F98861FF94FF94FE66CEA0FE48A835" box="[418,506,756,779]" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175" type="syntype">syntype</typeStatus>
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.
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</emphasis>
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Twenty segments including epiproct. Length
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<emphasis id="B936EAD1FF94FF94FBC6CEA0FBA9A835" box="[1026,1051,756,779]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175">ca</emphasis>
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3.4 mm, maximum width
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<emphasis id="B936EAD1FF94FF94FE44CF40FE2BA815" box="[384,409,788,811]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175">ca</emphasis>
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0.6 mm. Colour subuniformly dark brown; body heavily sclerotized. Collum with low, rounded indistinct pustules, anterior margin relatively flat, not appreciably upturned, scallops moderately distinct, middle two most strongly segregated, lateralmost shallowly and indistinctly separated (figure 7). Second tergite with typical three-lobed paranota, paramedian tubercles coalesced into low, indistinct carinae, caudal segmental margin smooth and sublinear, slightly crenulated laterad. Remaining tergites more strongly crenulated laterad, carinae becoming progressively more distinct through segment 17 though always lower than in
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<taxonomicName id="4C424D40FF94FF94FBDCCFA7FB73AF34" authorityName="Silvestri" authorityYear="1910" box="[1048,1217,1010,1034]" class="Diplopoda" family="Pyrgodesmidae" genus="Myrmecodesmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polydesmida" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="formicarius">
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<emphasis id="B936EAD1FF94FF94FBDCCFA7FB73AF34" box="[1048,1217,1010,1034]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175">M. formicarius</emphasis>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="4C424D40FF94FF94FEFDC847FE71AF14" authorityName=": Hoffman" authorityYear="1999" box="[313,451,1042,1066]" class="Diplopoda" family="Pyrgodesmidae" genus="Myrmecodesmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polydesmida" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="digitatus">
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<emphasis id="B936EAD1FF94FF94FEFDC847FE71AF14" box="[313,451,1042,1066]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175">M. digitatus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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; carinae on segments 18–19 reduced, those on 19 slightly overhanging sides of epiproct, tip of latter visible between crests (figures 17, 18). Paranota with two moderately distinct lobes on all segments subsequent to segment 2, lobes subequal in size on non-poriferous segments, anterior lobe much larger on poriferous segments; porosteles present on segments 5, 10, 13 and 16, positioned between lobes (figure 11). Epiproct small and smoothly rounded, without lobes or crenulations. Legs and sterna without modifications.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BFD36C3FF94FF94FEA5C8A5FD4CAEB7" blockId="17.[313,1269,436,1736]" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175">Gonopod (figures 19, 20) minute, details visible only under high magnification; telopodite generally uncinate, presumed solenomere a short, gently curved projection arising at two-thirds length on caudal surface, tip of telopodite divided into three branches, anteriormost subdivided. Prefemoral process much shorter than telopodite, bent caudad distally, apically bifurcate.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BFD36C3FF94FF94FEA5C9C5FCEAAEF6" blockId="17.[313,1269,436,1736]" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175">
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<emphasis id="B936EAD1FF94FF94FEA5C9C5FD93AE96" box="[353,545,1425,1449]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175">
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Female
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<typeStatus id="54F98861FF94FF94FE7FC9C5FDAFAE96" box="[443,541,1425,1448]" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175" type="syntype">syntypes</typeStatus>
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.
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</emphasis>
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The female
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<typeStatus id="54F98861FF94FF94FD73C9C5FCAAAE97" box="[695,792,1425,1449]" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175" type="syntype">syntypes</typeStatus>
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are light brown in colour but otherwise agree closely with the male in somatic features.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BFD36C3FF94FF94FEA5C984FB07AED6" blockId="17.[313,1269,436,1736]" box="[353,1205,1488,1513]" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175">
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<emphasis id="B936EAD1FF94FF94FEA5C984FE70AED6" box="[353,450,1488,1512]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175">Ecology.</emphasis>
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The habitat at the
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<typeStatus id="54F98861FF94FF94FD60C985FD66AED7" box="[676,724,1489,1513]" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175">type</typeStatus>
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locality is not indicated on the vial label.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BFD36C3FF94FF94FEA5C9A4FDE0ADB6" blockId="17.[313,1269,436,1736]" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175">
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<emphasis id="B936EAD1FF94FF94FEA5C9A4FE5CAD36" box="[353,494,1520,1544]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175">Distribution.</emphasis>
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Known only from the
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locality. With only one sample, we have no way of determining whether
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<taxonomicName id="4C424D40FF94FF94FD6ECA45FC94AD16" authorityName="Shelley" authorityYear="2004" box="[682,806,1552,1576]" class="Diplopoda" family="Pyrgodesmidae" genus="Myrmecodesmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polydesmida" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="reddelli">
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<emphasis id="B936EAD1FF94FF94FD6ECA45FC94AD16" box="[682,806,1552,1576]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175">M. reddelli</emphasis>
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is introduced from a neotropical locale, native to this region of
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<collectingRegion id="4986F821FF94FF94FDAFCA65FD1CAD76" box="[619,686,1585,1608]" country="United States of America" name="Texas" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175">Texas</collectingRegion>
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, or possibly even endemic. I suspect that, like
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<taxonomicName id="4C424D40FF94FF94FEFDCA05FE50AD56" authorityName="Silvestri" authorityYear="1910" box="[313,482,1616,1640]" class="Diplopoda" family="Pyrgodesmidae" genus="Myrmecodesmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polydesmida" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="formicarius">
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<emphasis id="B936EAD1FF94FF94FEFDCA05FE50AD56" box="[313,482,1616,1640]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175">M. formicarius</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, it is a Mexican species that ranges northward into southern
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<collectingRegion id="4986F821FF94FF94FB70CA04FB46AD59" box="[1204,1268,1616,1639]" country="United States of America" name="Texas" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175">Texas</collectingRegion>
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and hence is indigenous.
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<paragraph id="8BFD36C3FF94FF97FEA5CAC4FD50ABD2" blockId="17.[313,1269,436,1736]" lastBlockId="18.[313,1269,181,747]" lastPageId="18" lastPageNumber="1176" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175">
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<emphasis id="B936EAD1FF94FF94FEA5CAC4FE53AD96" box="[353,481,1680,1704]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="1175">Etymology.</emphasis>
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I am pleased to name this species for the collector, J. R. Reddell, of the Texas Memorial Museum, Austin, in recognition of his continued helpfulness to me in providing research material and his lifetime of collecting myriapods in Texas and
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<collectingCountry id="F3557653FF97FF97FEA8CC81FE76ABD3" box="[364,452,213,237]" name="Mexico" pageId="18" pageNumber="1176">Mexico</collectingCountry>
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, particularly from caves.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BFD36C3FF97FF97FEA5CCA1FBE9A9D5" blockId="18.[313,1269,181,747]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1176">
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<emphasis id="B936EAD1FF97FF97FEA5CCA1FE7EAA33" box="[353,460,245,269]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1176">Remarks.</emphasis>
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In studying this milliped, I examined
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<typeStatus id="54F98861FF97FF97FC4CCCA1FC44AA33" box="[904,1014,245,269]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1176" type="holotype">holotypes</typeStatus>
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of every species from
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<collectingCountry id="F3557653FF97FF97FEFDCD41FE3CAA13" box="[313,398,277,301]" name="Mexico" pageId="18" pageNumber="1176">Mexico</collectingCountry>
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and one from
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<collectingCountry id="F3557653FF97FF97FD80CD41FD30AA13" box="[580,642,277,301]" name="Cuba" pageId="18" pageNumber="1176">Cuba</collectingCountry>
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that appeared from published descriptions to have a somewhat similar gonopod (listed in the acknowledgements), but none matched
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<taxonomicName id="4C424D40FF97FF97FEFDCD01FE04AA52" authorityName="Shelley" authorityYear="2004" box="[313,438,340,364]" class="Diplopoda" family="Pyrgodesmidae" genus="Myrmecodesmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polydesmida" pageId="18" pageNumber="1176" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="reddelli">
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<emphasis id="B936EAD1FF97FF97FEFDCD01FE04AA52" box="[313,438,340,364]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1176">M. reddelli</emphasis>
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either in somatic features, gonopodal configuration or both; the closest was
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<taxonomicName id="4C424D40FF97FF97FEAFCD21FD3EAAB2" authority="(Chamberlin)" baseAuthorityName="Chamberlin" baseAuthorityYear="1943" box="[363,652,372,396]" class="Diplopoda" family="Pyrgodesmidae" genus="Myrmecodesmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polydesmida" pageId="18" pageNumber="1176" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mundus">
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<emphasis id="B936EAD1FF97FF97FEAFCD21FE5AAAB2" box="[363,488,372,396]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1176">M. mundus</emphasis>
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(Chamberlin)
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, from
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<collectingRegion id="4986F821FF97FF97FD12CD21FC89AAB2" box="[726,827,373,396]" country="Mexico" name="Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave" pageId="18" pageNumber="1176">Veracruz</collectingRegion>
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(city),
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<collectingCountry id="F3557653FF97FF97FC48CD20FC56AAB2" box="[908,996,372,396]" name="Mexico" pageId="18" pageNumber="1176">Mexico</collectingCountry>
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, some
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(
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) to the south. Even at 400×, the highest magnification on my Nikon compound microscope, I was unable to resolve the course of the prostatic groove and which branch is the solenomere, which may require scanning electron microscopy. However, a review of the literature (Shear, 1973, 1977) indicates that it is probably the proximal branch as in other species of the genus, and Dr Shear (
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<emphasis id="B936EAD1FF97FF97FB88CE40FB3FA912" box="[1100,1165,532,556]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1176">in litt</emphasis>
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.) has so advised me, hence the characterization of ‘presumed solenomere’ in the description and the label as such on figures 19, 20. As
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<taxonomicName id="4C424D40FF97FF97FCF0CE00FC6CA952" authorityName="Silvestri" authorityYear="1910" box="[820,990,596,620]" class="Diplopoda" family="Pyrgodesmidae" genus="Myrmecodesmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polydesmida" pageId="18" pageNumber="1176" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="formicarius">
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<emphasis id="B936EAD1FF97FF97FCF0CE00FC6CA952" box="[820,990,596,620]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1176">M. formicarius</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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ranges northward from
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<collectingCountry id="F3557653FF97FF97FEFDCE27FE3CA9B5" box="[313,398,627,651]" name="Mexico" pageId="18" pageNumber="1176">Mexico</collectingCountry>
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into Texas, it seems likely that
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<taxonomicName id="4C424D40FF97FF97FD36CE20FCDFA9B5" authorityName="Shelley" authorityYear="2004" box="[754,877,627,651]" class="Diplopoda" family="Pyrgodesmidae" genus="Myrmecodesmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polydesmida" pageId="18" pageNumber="1176" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="reddelli">
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<emphasis id="B936EAD1FF97FF97FD36CE20FCDFA9B5" box="[754,877,627,651]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1176">M. reddelli</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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does too and that it is indigenous, but not endemic, to Texas. Without question, there are many undiscovered pyrgodesmid species in
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<collectingCountry id="F3557653FF97FF97FE1ACEE7FD81A9F5" box="[478,563,691,715]" name="Mexico" pageId="18" pageNumber="1176">Mexico</collectingCountry>
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and Central America, and there may be still others that range northward across the Rio Grande into the southern reaches of Texas.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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</document> |