Two new cave Hyleoglomeris species (Glomerida, Glomeridae) from northern Vietnam

By

Kuroda, Mai
Eguchi, Katsuyuki
Oguri, Emiko
Nguyen, Duc-Anh

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1108

Pages

161--174

Subjects

Biodiversity , millipede , new species , taxonomy , Troglobiont

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1108.85423

 

Abstract

Two new glomerid species from caves in Cao Bang Province, Northern Vietnam, namely, Hyleoglomeris halang Kuroda, Nguyen & Eguchi, sp. nov. and Hyleoglomeris alba Nguyen, Kuroda & Eguchi, sp. nov., are described. The former is characterized by a distinct body color pattern; telopods with a large, quadrate, medially concave, sparsely setose, central syncoxital lobe; and syncoxital horns approximately 1.5–2.0 times as long as the lobe. The latter is distinguished by its completely troglobiotic form without eyes, an unpigmented body, and a roundly triangular syncoxital lobe of telopods. An identification key is also provided for the cave glomerids of Vietnam.