Pheniulus Chamberlin, 1943

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 : 19

Genus Pheniulus Chamberlin, 1943

Pheniulus Chamberlin, 1943:29 . Loomis, 1968a:76. Jeekel, 1971:173. Hoffman, 1980:108; 1999:161.

Type species. P. phenotypus Chamberlin, 1943 , by original designation.

Potential diagnostic features. The apically expanded anterior gonopod coxal processes, with short subacuminate lobes extending in opposite directions ( Chamberlin 1943:83, fig.59).

Distribution. Western Morelos and adjacent Distrito Federal to western Veracruz, encompassing part of western Puebla and most if not all of Tlaxcala.

Remarks. The status of Pheniulus and its true diagnostic features cannot be determined until the identity of the type species is resolved (see following account). For now, I tentatively combine under this name all forms with apically expanded ag coxal processes even though they have different numbers of pg projections. As with Mexicoiulus , I retain them in " Parajulus " and do not formalize combination with Pheniulus .