The millipede genus Orthomorpha Bollman, 1893 in Laos (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae), with descriptions of new species

By

Likhitrakarn, Natdanai
Golovatch, Sergei
Somsak Panhā‏

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

374

Pages

1-22

Subjects

Laos , millipede , new species , Orthomorpha , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.374.6711

 

Abstract

The genus Orthomorpha is currently represented in Laos by nine species, including three, O. paviei Brölemann, 1896, O. communis Likhitrakarn, Golovatch & Panha, 2011 and O. cambodjana (Attems, 1953), which are new to the fauna of the country, and further three new to science: O. suberectoides sp. n., O.gladiata sp. n. and O. sutchariti sp. n.