Parajulidae

Parajulidae
	Unidentified Parajulidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Julida
Family:	Parajulidae; Bollman, 1893
Synonyms
	Parajulinae Bollman, 1893; Uroblaniulinae Attems, 1909; Ptyoiulinae Causey, 1974

Parajulidae is a family of millipedes in the order Julida, occurring predominantly in North America but also in Central America and East Asia. Parajulids occur in Alaska, and the continental United States as well as bordering Canadian provinces,^[1] and as far south as Guatemala. Male Parajulids have a greatly enlarged first pair of legs, and externally exposed gonopods, in contrast to the largely Eurasian family Julidae which have a small, hook-shaped first pair of legs, and gonopods concealed internally.^[2]

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References[]

^ Shelley, R. 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, 1-37.
^ Cook, O. F. (1909). Myriapoda of Northwestern North America. Alaska / Harriman Alaska Expedition, 8 p. 69.

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Photographs of North American Parajulids

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[1] Shelley, R. 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, 1-37.

[2] Cook, O. F. (1909). Myriapoda of Northwestern North America. Alaska / Harriman Alaska Expedition, 8 p. 69.

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