Annotated Checklist of the Diplura (Hexapoda: Entognatha) of California Author Graening, G. O. Author Shcherbanyuk, Yana Author Arghandiwal, Maryam text Zootaxa 2014 3780 2 297 322 journal article 46162 10.11646/zootaxa.3780.2.5 2edd8d88-4ad5-4d37-9080-f7ed6b8433a4 1175-5326 227789 DEF59FEA-C1C1-4AC6-9BB0-66E2DE694DFA 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 ).