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the genus Synoptura and removed the above speciesto that genus. Hoffman (1976) described L. petrinusfrom Cueva Chirripeck, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala.Shear (1977a) added L. rodriguezi from Sima I delTempisque (=Hoyo de Don Nicho), Chiapas; L.shawcrossi from Cueva de Agua Escondida, Huehuetenango,Guatemala; and L. zuUinii from Grotas deLlano Grande, Chiapas.Two species apparently spread by commerce havebeen found in caves in the Yucatan Peninsula. Poratioidesdisparatus Loomis, known from Florida to ElSalvador, has been found in Cueva Luchil, Yucatan.Prosopodesmus jacobsoni Silvestri, a species describedfrom Java and ranging from Florida into CentralAmerica, is known from seven caves in Campeche andYucatan.Family RhachodesmidaeThe family Rhachodesmidae is among the moreimportant elements in the milliped fauna of caves inthis area. Ten species of troglobite and 14 other specieshave been identified from caves; many other species,especially of troglobite, await description.Nicholas (1962) lists five species of this family as(/GUATEMALA,...,..--/r/"'/Fig. 56.-Distribution of nine species of troglophilic pyrgodesmid milliped of the genus Myrmecodesmus: 1, Myrmecodesmusgelidus; 2, M. sabinus; 3, M. potosinus; 4, M. fuscus; 5, M. amplus; 6, M. colotlipa; 7, M. {usus; 8, M. inornatus; 9, M.unicorn.182