Two new species of penicillate millipedes (Diplopoda, Polyxenidae) from Phu Quoc Island in southern Vietnam
Author
Huynh, Cuong
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-03-28
4402
2
283
302
journal article
30402
10.11646/zootaxa.4402.2.3
7139708e-922d-41d4-ad42-a5d5f7076f1a
1175-5326
CEA5700E-9F94-42A8-9067-BD8F4D301B9D
Genus
Unixenus
Jones, 1944
Monoxenus
Jones, 1937: 138
;
Silvestri 1948: 216
.
Unixenus
Jones, 1944: 94
;
Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin and Condé 1967: 68
.
Type
species:
Unixenus padmanabhai
(
Jones, 1937
)
Diagnosis.
Body with 10 segments, 9 pleural projections and a telson, 13 pairs of legs. Eight ommatidia in each eye; 8 antennal articles with the article VI longest and the article VIII shortest with 4 sensory cones present. Antennal article VI commonly with 1 setiform sensillum between 2 thick bacilliform sensilla, and 1 conical sensillum posteriorly. Anterior surface of labrum covered with spherical papillae gradually reducing in size posteriorly. Lateral palp of gnathochilarium 1.5–2.5 times longer than medial palp, 20–22 sensilla on medial palp and 13 on lateral palp. Two or more rows of tergal trichomes arranged in two latero-posterior clusters either side of the midline, with a central gap. Anterior row often uneven, intermediate rows rarely in defined rows and posterior row of trichomes continuous or with a medial gap. Tarsus 2 with a setiform seta. A single caudal bundle containing caudal trichomes with 1–11 hooks.