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collection 7028.2. Appeared in a collection of Conocephalum conicum gathered 28 March and kept in a mini terrarium. Capable of rolling into a ball like an isopod! I presume this is a beetle larva, so I have coleoptera as a placeholder. I know of the Psephenidae. This habitat is has dripping water tricking down over rocks for several months of the year, but cannot truly be called an aquatic habitat. But perhaps some species are less aquatic?

Pseudocellus dorotheae
I found this individual while working at the McAllen Nature Center 2.5 years ago. Never uploaded it since we were trying to get a paper published. I got tired of trying to get that done so here it is. This species hasn’t been seen since it was first discovered in 1939 in Edinburg, TX. ID by Dr. Oscar Francke and Joel Hallan.

I've been trying to learn a bit about millipedes, so I was happy to have the opportunity to photograph some gonopods. This guy also fluoresced under UV light.

My ID is still based on Shelley's checklist, though, since I don't have his paper on Xystocheir, where I assume he has gonopod illustrations.