Kings Mountain Milliped Fauna 
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Deltotaria lea Hoffman, 1961 
Figs. 55-56 
Deltotaria lea Hoffman, 1971:33, Figs. Ic, 3a. 
Only ten specimens of D. lea, all adults, were collected in this study, 
all during the cooler weather of April and October. No juveniles were en- 
countered. The original description by Hoffman (1961) was based on a 
single preserved male, and specimens from the Kings Mountain region 
supplement knowledge of the species in live coloration and gonopodal 
variation. Adults are black with yellow paranota and broad yellow 
stripes along the caudal edges of the metaterga and the anterior edge of 
the collum. All specimens display a metallic sheen quite unlike the glossy 
surfaces of species like C. catawba. Gonopodal variations included 
presence or absence of a minute prefemoral process, dimension of the dis- 
tal end of the telopodite, and diameter of the telopodite arc (Figs. 55-56). 
In North Carolina, D. lea is known to be concentrated in the Kings 
Mountain region. Like C. catawba, it also was collected in Lincoln 
County in the 1950’s but has not been found there recently. Thus, in 
North Carolina D. lea also may be restricted to the Kings Mountain 
region and is considered of special concern in the state. The species has 
been collected from three South Carolina counties by Shelley, as reported 
below. 
Localities. NORTH CAROLINA. Cleveland Co. — 1.9 km SE Kings 
Mountain (town), along 1-85, jet. NC Hwy. 161, d', 9,18 October 1976, 
M. Filka and G. Wicker (NCSM A2284); 6.5 km SW Kings Mountain 
(town), along CR 2245, 0.3 km N jet. CR 2283, 6', 9, 30 April 1976, 
R.M. Shelley (NCSM A720); 9.3 km S Kings Mountain (town), along 
CR 2245, 0.2 km N jet. CR 2288, cd, 30 April 1976, R.M. Shelley (NCSM 
A723); 6.2 km S Kings Mountain (town), along NC Hwy. 161, 0.3 km S 
jet. CR 2354, 2 d, 30 April 1976, R.M. Shelley (NCSM A725); and 6.2 
km SE Kings Mountain (town), along NC Hwy. 161, 1.6 km S jet. CR 
2289, d', 8 April 1977, M. Filka (NCSM A2204). Gaston Co . — 2.4 km 
NE Crowders Mountain, along CR 1122, 0.2 km N jet. CR 1131, d, 18 
April 1976, M.R. and J.E. Cooper (NCSM A733); and 13.6 km SW Gas- 
tonia, along CR 1104, 0.5 km S jet. CR 1115, d , 29 April 1976, R.M. 
Shelley (NCSM A713). 
SOUTH CAROLINA. York Co.— Kings Mountain State Park, d, 
30 April 1977, R.M. Shelley (NCSM A 1479). Cherokee Co . — 7.4 km SE 
Blacksburg, along SC Hwy. 5, 0.5 km S jet. SC Hwy. 68, d, 10 May 
1977, R.M. Shelley (NCSM A 1480). Chester Co. — 17.9 km NE Chester, 
along SC Hwy. 32, 1.1 km N jet. SC Hwy. 46, d, 9 , 1 May 1977, R.M. 
Shelley (NCSM A 1498); and 19.8 km W Lowrys, along SC Hwy. 9 at 
Broad River, d, 1 May 1977, R.M. Shelley (NCSM A1501). 
Pachydesmus crassicutis incursus Chamberlin, 1939 
Figs. 57-59 
This is the largest polydesmoid milliped in North Carolina and is 
