A revision of the Thyropygus allevatus group. Part 1: the T. opinatus subgroup (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida: Harpagophoridae)
Author
Pimvichai, Piyatida
Author
Enghoff, Henrik
Author
Panha, Somsak
text
Zootaxa
2009
2016
17
50
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.185971
1db39382-b4f0-46fa-ae08-dd5e57e0e26b
1175-5326
185971
The
Thyropygus allevatus
group
As defined by
Hoffman (1975)
, this group contains
Thyropygus
species in which both tibial and femoral spines are present on the gonopods, the tibial spine being very long and recurved proximad towards the femoral one.
Hoffman (1975)
referred 11 taxa to this group and suggested that two further species, described in
Cornugonus
, might also belong to this group. Considering new species and taxonomic changes since 1975, the following species currently belong to the
T. allevatus
group (names given here are as in
Jeekel 2006
, except that
carli
is given full species status, cf.
Enghoff, 2005
):
Thyropygus allevatus
(
Karsch, 1881
)
Thyropygus carli
Attems, 1938
Thyropygus confusus
Attems, 1938
Thyropygus cuisinieri
Carl, 1917
Thyropygus globulus
(
Demange, 1989
)
Thyropygus hoffmani
(
Demange, 1961
)
Thyropygus ligulus
(
Demange, 1961
)
Cornugonus bifurcus
(
Demange, 1986
)
Cornugonus enghoffi
(
Demange, 1989
)
Cornugonus floweri
Demange, 1961
Cornugonus implicatus
Demange, 1961
Cornugonus inflexus
Demange, 1989
Cornugonus opinatus
(
Karsch, 1881
)
Thyropygus allevatus
(
Karsch, 1881
)
, the ‘
type
species’ of the
T. allevatus
group, is a common species recorded from all over
Thailand
and also from
Vietnam
,
Laos
,
Cambodia
and continental
Malaysia
(
Enghoff, 2005
). However, it still presents many taxonomic problems. There are many synonyms of
T. allevatus
(see
Enghoff 2005
), and several subspecies have been recognized, but the considerable variation in both somatic characters and gonopods still needs a comprehensive analysis.