A new species and some new records of millipedes (Diplopoda) from southern Vietnam
Author
Golovatch, S. I.
text
Russian Entomological Journal
2024
2024-09-30
33
3
407
413
https://doi.org/10.15298/rusentj.33.3.14
journal article
10.15298/rusentj.33.3.14
0132-8069
Thyropygus carli
(Attems, 1938)
MATERIAL.
1 ♂
(
ZISP
),
Vietnam
,
Dong Nai Prov.
,
Cat Tien National Park
, lowland tropical forest,
N 11º25′
,
E 107º25′
,
130–170 m
a.s.l.
,
16.XI–9.XII.2023
;
3 ♂♂
,
2 ♀♀
(
ZISP
),
Khanh Hoa Prov.
,
Nha Trang
,
Trai Thuy Hill
, Long Song Pagoda, stairs to
Buddha
statue,
N 12º15′
,
E 109º11′
,
30– 50 m
a.s.l.
,
24.X.2023
;
4 ♂♂
(
ZISP
),
Khanh Hoa Prov.
,
Dien Thanh
,
Dien Toan
, stairs to
Suoi Do Pagoda
,
N 12º13′19.7″
,
E 109º06′03.4″
,
50–70 m
a.s.l.
,
25.X.2023
, all D. Logunov leg.
REMARK. This very large species has only been known from near Nha Trang, the
type
locality, and in the Cat Tien National Park, both southern
Vietnam
[
Pimvichai
et al
., 2011
; Golovatch e
t al.,
2011]. This is among the largest diplopods reported so far from
Vietnam
.
Acknowledgements
.
Special
thanks go to the Russian-
Vietnamese Tropical
and
Technological Center
,
Hanoi
, that rendered the necessary support to
D.V. Logunov
, the collector, for visiting
Vietnam
in
October to November 2023
.
The
pictures were very skillfully taken by
K.V. Makarov. The
author is most grateful to
D.V. Logunov
for placing his collection for treatment
.