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more brightly colored in the Kings Mountain region than farther south in 
South Carolina, probably a reflection of more favorable environmental 
conditions in the former area. 
Gonopod comparisons revealed variation in primary and secondary 
tibiotarsi (Figs. 57-59, ptt, stt). As reported by Shelley and Filka, the sub- 
terminal process of the secondary tibiotarsus was pointed, blunt, or ab- 
sent. Since, in North Carolina, P.c. incursus is apparently restricted to the 
Kings Mountain region, it is considered to be endangered within the 
state, as defined in Cooper et al. (1977). 
Localities. Cleveland Co. — 6.6 km SW Kings Mountain (town) along 
CR 2245 at Dixon Branch Creek, 0.8 km NW jet. CR 2283, 2 c?, 2 9, 1 
juv., 16 August 1975, R.M. Shelley and J.C. Clamp (NCSM A537); 9.3 
km S Kings Mountain (town), along NC Hwy. 245, 0.2 km N jet. CR 
2288, 3 9, 16 August 1975, R.M. Shelley and J.C. Clamp (NCSM A541); 
9.1 km SW Kings Mountain (town), along CR 2283, 1.3 km NE jet. NC 
Hwy. 216, <? , 8 July 1976, M. Filka and W.W. Thomson (NCSM 
A 1060); and 4.8 km S Kings Mountain (town), along CR 2289, 1.0 km W 
NC Hwy. 161, 2 9, 18 October 1976, M. Filka and G. Wicker (NCSM 
A2239). Gaston Co. —8.5 km SW Gastonia, along CR 1122, 1.4 km wjet. 
CR 1131, along Crowders Creek, 2 ^5', 2 9, 16 August 1975, R.M. Shelley 
and J.C. Clamp (NCSM A547); 6.4 km SW Gastonia, along CR 1 126, 0.8 
km S jet. CR 1113, 9 , 16 August 1975, R.M. Shelley and J.C. Clamp 
(NCSM A549); 7.7 km SW Gastonia, along CR 1 131, 0.2 km NW jet. CR 
1 133, 9 , 8 July 1976, M. Filka and W.W. Thomson (NCSM A1091); and 
1.9 km W Gastonia, along CR 1 106, 2.4 km E jet. CR 1236, d, 16 Oc- 
tober 1976, M. Filka and G. Wicker (NCSM A2255). 
Sigmoria latior (Brblemann) 
Figs. 60-64 
This was the most common xystodesmid in the region of study. 
Adults and juveniles were discovered beneath decidous leaf litter and on 
open substrate in July, but only four adults were taken in both April and 
October. In North Carolina the species ranges from the northwestern 
mountains to the eastern Piedmont, and intergrades of the three sub- 
species were reported from McDowell County eastward to Scotland and 
Hoke counties (Shelley 1976c), an area which includes the Kings Moun- 
tain region. 
Shelley (1976c) noted that all specimens available from south of the 
Catawba and Deep-Cape Fear rivers, including intergrades of 5. 1. latior 
(Brolemann) X S. /. hoffmani Shelley, had stripes along the caudal edges 
of the metaterga. The nominate subspecies, occurring north of these 
rivers, lacked stripes. During our study, however, specimens of both 
color patterns were discovered. At Spencer Mountain they exhibited the 
striped pattern, whereas around Kings-Crowders ridges the metaterga 
