Poratia obliterata (Kraus)

Shelley, R. M., 2004, The milliped family Pyrgodesmidae in the continental USA, with the first record of Poratia digitata (Porat) from the Bahamas (Diplopoda: Polydesmida), Journal of Natural History 38, pp. 1159-1181 : 1166

Poratia obliterata (Kraus)

Muyudesmus obliteratus Kraus, 1960: 253 , pl. 34, figures 32–39.

Poratia obliterata: Shelley and Golovatch, 2001: 60 , 62; Golovatch and Sierwald, 2001: 190, figures 5–8, 13–19.

Diagnosis. Same as that of P. digitata but with 20 segments including epiproct, instead of 19.

Variation. Not observed, with only one adult specimen and one juvenile known from the USA .

Ecology. The two US specimens were encountered in a ‘pine–oak association’ (Shelley and Golovatch, 2001).

Overall distribution. Poratia obliterata is a neotropical species. The type locality is near Iquitos , Loreto Prov., Peru (Kraus, 1960), and the species is also known from Amazonia, Brazil, Costa Rica and greenhouses in Paris, France, and Germany (Adis et al., 2000; Golovatch and Sierwald, 2001) .

Occurrence in the USA. Known only from a single site in coastal Georgia representing an introduction (figure 1) (Golovatch and Sierwald, 2001; Golovatch et al., 2001).

Published record. Georgia: Glynn Co., nr Brunswick, St. Simons I., rd to Fort Frederica (Shelley and Golovatch, 2001).

New records. None.