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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journal article
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Hylomus enghoffi
(
Nguyen, Golovatch &
Anichkin, 2005)
(
Figs. 1
,
6−8
)
Desmoxytes enghoffi
Nguyen, Golovatch & Anichkin, 2005: 256−257
, figs. 26−33.
Hylomus enghoffi
:
Srisonchai et al. 2018a: 10
.
Material examined
:
1 male
,
1 female
(IEBR-30)
Quang Binh Province
, Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, secondary forest,
July 2003
, coll. Pham Duc Tien;
1 male
,
2 females
(IEBR-217) same locality, but limestone forest,
10−22 August 2011
, coll. Anh D. Nguyen;
9 males
,
1 female
(IEBR-218) and (IEBR-Myr IPE5) same data as sample IEBR−217.
Diagnosis
: The species can be distinguished from its congeners by the combination of the following characters: paraterga antler-shaped; metaterga with transverse rows of 2 + 2 and 1 + 1 setiferous spines; epiproct modified, with 2 + 2 non-setiferous knobs near tip; only male leg femur 7 inflated (
Figs. 6−7
); postfemoral region of gonopod not extremely short; solenomere subfalcate; tip of lamina medialis with 2 apical lobules; spine z prominent (
Fig. 8
).
Previous records
:
Quang Binh Province
(Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park) (
Nguyen et al. 2005
).
Distribution
: Only known from central
Vietnam
.