The millipede genus Tylopus Jeekel, 1968 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae), with a key and descriptions of eight new species from Indochina

The millipede genus Tylopus Jeekel, 1968 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae), with a key and descriptions of eight new species from Indochina

The Indochinese to southern Chinese millipede genus <em>Tylopus</em> currently comprises 62 species, including eight new ones: <em>T. flavolineatus</em> sp. nov., <em>T. hongkhraiensis</em> sp. nov. from central and northern Thailand, respectively, <em>T. mo...

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Main Authors: Natdanai Likhitrakarn, Sergei I. Golovatch, Somsak Panha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Consortium of European Natural History Museums 2016-05-01
Series:European Journal of Taxonomy
Subjects:
Myriapoda
Taxonomy
Thailand
Laos
Myanmar
Online Access:http://www.europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/318
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Summary:The Indochinese to southern Chinese millipede genus <em>Tylopus</em> currently comprises 62 species, including eight new ones: <em>T. flavolineatus</em> sp. nov., <em>T. hongkhraiensis</em> sp. nov. from central and northern Thailand, respectively, <em>T. moniliformis</em> sp. nov., <em>T. retusus</em> sp. nov., <em>T. acuminatus</em> sp. nov., <em>T. dorsalis</em> sp. nov., T. <em>thunghaihin</em> sp. nov., all from Laos, and <em>T. punctus</em> sp. nov. from northern Myanmar. A new record of <em>T. baenzigeri</em> Golovatch &amp; Enghoff, 1993, from northern Thailand is given. All these species are richly illustrated, and a modified key to all known species of the genus is also provided.
ISSN:2118-9773

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