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.
text
Zoological Studies
2019
2019-07-12
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Hylomus pilosus
(
Attems, 1937
)
(
Figs. 1
,
11−12
)
Centrodesmus pilosus
Attems, 1937: 124−125
, figs. 160−161;
Attems 1938: 238−240
, figs. 71−74.
Pratinus pilosus
:
Jeekel, 1964: 63
;
Jeekel 1968: 61
.
Desmoxytes pilosa
:
Golovatch & Enghoff 1994: 59
, figs. 66−69;
Nguyen et al. 2005: 251−252
;
Nguyen & Sierwald 2013: 1242
;
Likhitrakarn et al. 2015: 495
, figs. 9−10.
Hylomus pilosus
:
Jeekel, 1980: 658
;
Srisonchai et al. 2018a: 11
.
Material examined
:
1 male
,
1 female
(IEBR-38)
Khanh Hoa Province
, Hon Ba Mt, primary forest,
1,300 m
,
6 April 2003
, coll. Anh D. Nguyen;
1 female
(IEBR-65) same data, but
15−24 April 2006
, coll. Anh D. Nguyen;
4 males
,
1 female
(IEBR-39)
Dong Nai Province
, Cat Tien National Park, forest,
23−29 September 2004
, coll. Anh D. Nguyen, S.I. Golovatch and A.E. Anichkin;
1 male
(IEBR-85) same locality, forest, on the leaves,
26−27 July 2009
, coll. Anh D. Nguyen.
Diagnosis
: The species can be recognised by its pink to red colouration; paraterga being antler-shaped; metaterga having numerous microsetae and a row of 4 + 4 posterior spines; epiproct modified, with evident setiferous knobs near tip (
Fig. 11
); gonopod femorite slightly expanded distad; solenomere long (
Fig. 12
).
Previous records
:
Ninh Thuan Province
(Phan Rang);
Dak Lak Province
;
Khanh Hoa Province
(Hon Ba Mt.);
Dong Nai Province
(
Attems 1937
;
Golovatch and Enghoff 1994
;
Nguyen et al. 2005
).
Distribution
: Only known from
Vietnam
. The species is widely distributed in southern
Vietnam
.