. Brimleyana. Zoology; Ecology; Natural history. 150 Rowland M. Shelley and Marianne Filka. Fig. 1. Dorsal view of 9 Pachydesmus crassicutis incursus from km s Kings Mountain (town), Cleveland County, North Carolina. Total length mm. 1977, Shelley (NCSM A1535); Baker Creek State Park, 3tf, 9, 8 August 1976, Shelley (NCSM A1369); Hickory Knob State park, 9, 9 August 1976, Shelley (NCSM A1370); and km n Mt. Car- mel, SC hwy. 46 at Little R., tf, 9, 5 May 1977, Shelley (NCSM A1542). Laurens Co.— km n Laurens, SC hwy 97 at Beaver Dam Cr., 9, 9 May 1977, Sh
. Brimleyana. Zoology; Ecology; Natural history. 150 Rowland M. Shelley and Marianne Filka. Fig. 1. Dorsal view of 9 Pachydesmus crassicutis incursus from km s Kings Mountain (town), Cleveland County, North Carolina. Total length mm. 1977, Shelley (NCSM A1535); Baker Creek State Park, 3tf, 9, 8 August 1976, Shelley (NCSM A1369); Hickory Knob State park, 9, 9 August 1976, Shelley (NCSM A1370); and km n Mt. Car- mel, SC hwy. 46 at Little R., tf, 9, 5 May 1977, Shelley (NCSM A1542). Laurens Co.— km n Laurens, SC hwy 97 at Beaver Dam Cr., 9, 9 May 1977, Shelley (NCSM A1567). Orangeburg Co.— Orangeburg, 4tf, 2 juvs., 20 July 1961, D. Dowling (FSCA), and 4(J, 9, 3 August 1961, D. Dowling (FSCA). Barnwell Co.—Barnwell State Park, 5 tf, 7 August 1976, Shelley (NCSM A1368). Jasper Co.— km s Hardeeville, along US hwy 17A, km w SC hwy. 170A, 9, 2 July 1977, Shelley (NCSM A1601); and Ridgeland, 9, 6 April 1975, D. Brody (AMNH). Only three males of P. crassicutis incursus were examined by Hoffman for his revision, and all had been preserved since early this century. We therefore submit the following observations on color, body proportions, and gonopod variation to supplement his description. In life most individuals are dark, chocolate brown dorsally with light yellow paranota (Fig. 1); the venter is a little lighter in color than the paranota. Specimens from Barnwell and Greenwood counties, South Carolina, are light, brownish-gray dorsally with cream-colored paranota. The body dimensions of males and females collected in the summer of 1976 are shown in Table I. Males are generally longer and wider than females and have a higher W/L ratio. Individuals of both sexes are larger in the Kings Mountain region and become smaller in a south-south- eastward direction. This correlates with the paling of body color and probably reflects more favorable environmental conditions in the Kings Mountain Please note tha
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