Paraiulus gyratus

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 : 15-16

" Parajulus " rosanus gyratus Loomis, 1971 , new status

Figs. 22–23

Paraiulus gyratus Loomis, 1971:51 , figs. 2–5. Hoffman, 1999:170. Bueno-Villegas et al., 2004:589.

Type specimens. ɗ holotype and Ψ paratype ( NMNH) collected by C. Beutelspacher, 18 May 1968, at Pedregal San Angel, Distrito Federal, Mexico. This site is now an ecological preserve in Mexico City, on the campus of Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.

Diagnosis. Anterior projection of posterior gonopod moderately prolonged subapically, terminally bifurcate; solenomere broad basally, extending slightly beyond level of distal extremity of anterior projection; caudal branch long, curving strongly dorsad at 2/3 length, completely overhanging anterior projection with tip visible beneath latter.

Habitat. The types were discovered in pines ( Loomis 1971).

Distribution. Northern Distrito Federal, extending northward into Morelos and eastward into Puebla states. According to Loomis (1971), a topotype was collected on 4 May 1968. He ( Loomis 1971) also published the following records that he assigned to " P. " r. rosanus , but my examination of the samples shows that they are actually new records of " P." r. gyr at us.

New records. MEXICO: Distrito Federal, Ixtapala, 7ɗ, 7Ψ, date and collector's names illegible (NMNH). Hidalgo, Parque Nacional de El Chico, 2800m, 3ɗ, 5Ψ, 19 June 1943, C. Bolivar, F. Bonet, B.F. Osorio-Tafall, D. Pelaez (NMNH) and ɗ, 26 June 1943, Padera (NMNH);?Owitlow(?Omitlom), 3ɗ, 7Ψ, juv., 27 June 1943, collector unknown (NMNH) New State Record. Puebla, La Ventana, 7ɗ, 3Ψ, date unknown, OWB (NMNH); 2 mi (3.2 km) SW Rio Frio, 3ɗ, Ψ, 3 juvs., 24 April 1963, W.J. Gertsch, W. Ivie (AMNH) New State Record.

FIGURES 15–21. " Parajulus " rosanus rosanus . 15, lobe of 8th sternum of holotype, ventral view. 16, the same of ♂ paratype, ventral view. 17, anterior gonopods of holotype, anterior view. 18, left posterior gonopod of the same, submedial view. 19, the same, sublateral view. 20, solenomere of the same, anterior view. 21, cyphopods of Ψ allotype, caudal view. Abbreviations as in figs. 4–12 and 13–14. Scale line = 0.35 mm for figs. 15 and 17; 0.40 for figs. 16, 18, and 21; 0.50 for figs. 19–20.

Figures

FIGURES 22 – 23. " Parajulus " rosanus gyratus holotype. 22, left anterior gonopod, anterior view. 23, right posterior gonopod, medial view. Abbreviations as in figs. 4 – 12. Scale line = 0.50 mm for fig. 22, 0.57 mm for fig. 23.