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

  • Natdanai Likhitrakarn Division of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Production, Maejo University, Chiang Mai 50290
  • Sergei I. Golovatch Institute for Problems of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky pr. 33, Moscow 119071
  • Somsak Panha Animal Systematics Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2016.195
Keywords: Myriapoda, Taxonomy, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar

Abstract

The Indochinese to southern Chinese millipede genus Tylopus currently comprises 62 species, including eight new ones: T. flavolineatus sp. nov., T. hongkhraiensis sp. nov. from central and northern Thailand, respectively, T. moniliformis sp. nov., T. retusus sp. nov., T. acuminatus sp. nov., T. dorsalis sp. nov., T. thunghaihin sp. nov., all from Laos, and T. punctus sp. nov. from northern Myanmar. A new record of T. baenzigeri Golovatch & 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.

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Published
2016-05-10
How to Cite
Likhitrakarn, N., Golovatch, S. I., & Panha, S. (2016). The millipede genus Tylopus Jeekel, 1968 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae), with a key and descriptions of eight new species from Indochina. European Journal of Taxonomy, (195). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2016.195
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No. 195 (2016): The millipede genus Tylopus Jeekel, 1968 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae), with a key and descriptions of eight new species from Indochina
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