A review of the millipede genus Pseudodesmus Pocock, 1887 (Diplopoda, Platydesmida, Andrognathidae) from Vietnam, with descriptions of five new species and notes on its phylogeny Author Nguyen, Anh D. 0000-0001-9273-0040 Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18, Hoangquocviet Rd., Caugiay District, Hanoi, Vietnam & Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18, Hoangquocviet Rd., Caugiay District, Hanoi, Vietnam Author Nguyen, Lien T. P. Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18, Hoangquocviet Rd., Caugiay District, Hanoi, Vietnam & Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18, Hoangquocviet Rd., Caugiay District, Hanoi, Vietnam Author Korsós, Zoltán 0000-0003-1545-5086 University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest, István u. 2, 1078 Budapest, Hungary text Zoosystematics and Evolution 2024 2024-11-07 100 4 1515 1541 journal article 305027 10.3897/zse.100.132111 6717c3bc-c84e-4604-ab36-042a63c45eac B39508EB-6EB2-4CC0-88D8-B3E87BDCED02 Pseudodesmus variegatus ( Attems, 1938 ) Sumatronium variegatum Attems, 1938: 308 , figs 236–243. Type material. 1 male and 2 juveniles ( NHMW - MY 2287). Historical diagnosis. According to Attems (1938 : p. 308), the species can be recognized by striking coloration of fairly irregular distribution of black and yellow-brown color; male with 53–56 body rings, length 32 mm , width 5.8 mm ; collum scarcely wider than the head; other metazonites densely covered with tiny hairs dorsally on the tubercles and on the underside of paraterga, with 2 transverse rows of shiny tubercles; anterior row of 8–15 + 8–15 tubercles, extending to paraterga; posterior row of 5–7 + 5–7 tubercles present only on metaterga. Record from Vietnam . Lam Dong Province (Lang Bian).