Review of Dragon Millipedes (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae) in the Fauna of Vietnam, with Descriptions of Three New Species
Author
Nguyen, Anh D.
Author
Nguyen, Manh-Ha
Author
Nguyen, Thu-Anh T.
Author
Phung, Hong-Luong T.
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Zoological Studies
2019
2019-07-12
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Hylomus asper
(
Attems, 1937
)
(
Figs. 1−2
)
Centrodesmus asper
Attems, 1937: 125−126
, fig. 162;
Attems 1938:
240−241, figs. 75−78.
Pratinus asper
:
Jeekel 1964: 63
;
Jeekel 1968: 61
.
Desmoxytes aspera
:
Golovatch & Enghoff 1994: 60
;
Likhitrakarn et
al. 2015: 493, figs. 7−8.
Hylomus asper
:
Jeekel 1980: 658
;
Srisonchai et al. 2018a: 10
.
Material examined
:
1 male
(IEBR-68)
Kon Tum Province
, Ngoc Linh Mt., primary forest,
1,800 m
,
21 March – 9 April 2006
, coll. Anh D. Nguyen.
Diagnosis
: The species can be recognised by the combination of the following characters: paraterga antler-shaped; metaterga smooth, without traces of setae; the fifth sternum with a prominent, rounded, caudal protuberance between coxae 4; male femora without modifications; epiproct unmodified, without conspicuous setiferous knobs near tip; gonopod femorite long, slightly expanded distad; postfemoral region shortened; solenophore and solenomere extremely short (
Fig. 2
).
Previous records
:
Da Nang Province
(Ba Na National Park; Hai Van pass);
Ninh Thuan Province
(Phan Rang) (
Attems 1937
1938
).
Distribution
: Southern part of central
Vietnam
.