Kings Mountain Milliped Fauna 
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Coxae of pregonopodal legs of males without lobed extensions; 
ocelli variable in arrangement; gonopods completely visible or 
concealed within body; adults slender, never exceeding 5 mm 
long(Julida) 12 
1 2. Ocelli arranged linearly (Blaniulidae) Nopoiulus minutus (Brandt) 
Ocelli in triangular patch 13 
13. Gonopods completely concealed within body; first pair of legs of 
male reduced, hooklike, dorsum with 2 yellow longitudinal 
stripes containing narrow median black line (Julidae) 
Brachyiulus lusitanus Verhoeff 
Gonopods visible externally; first pair of legs of male enlarged; 
body uniformly gray in color, without stripes (Parajulidae) . 14 
14. Epiproct decurved Teniulus sp. 
Epiproct extending into straight spine 15 
15. Peltocoxites of anterior gonopods with flared, serrate calyx (Fig. 6) 
Ptyoiulus impressus (Say) 
Calyx of peltocoxites cupped, smooth (Fig. 5) 
Ptyoiulus ectenes (Bollman) 
16. Midbody metatergites with transverse groove; rim of paraprocts 
without setae (Paradoxosomatidae) Oxidus gracilis (Koch) 
Midbody metatergites without transverse groove; rim of para- 
procts with one pair of setae 17 
1 7. Prefemora of legs with ventrodistal spines; gonopod usually bearing 
prefemoral process; adults large, robust, color bright yellow- 
black or yellow-brown (Xystodesmidae) 18 
Prefemora of legs without ventrodistal spines; gonopod without 
preformal process; adults slender, coloration otherwise .... 22 
18. Gonopods with coxal apophysis (Figs. 55-57) 19 
Without this character 20 
19. Cranial setae present on frons and epicranium in both sexes; gono- 
pods with one prefemoral and two tibiotarsal processes (Fig. 57); 
podosterna present 
Pachydesmus crassicutis incursus Chamberlin 
Cranial setae absent from frons and epicranium in both sexes; 
gonopod with or without small prefemoral process; telopodite 
broadly curved, falcate in shape (Figs. 55-56); sterna unmodified 
Deltotaria lea Hoffman 
20. Telopodite of gonopod with irregularly notched expansion along 
proximomedial edge; prefemoral process large, extending beyond 
tip of telopodite (Fig. 54); membrane of cyphopod enlarged and 
folded, protruding through medial portion of aperture. 
Croatania catawba Shelley 
Without these characters 21 
21. Prefemoral process short, blunt, never two-thirds length of telopo- 
dite; telopodite curved, with medial flange at midlength (Fig. 60); 
adults 40-45 mm long Sigmoria latior (Brolemann) 
