Mountainous millipedes in Vietnam. III. Two new dragon millipedes from limestone mountains in northern Vietnam (Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae, Hylomus), with an identification key to Vietnamese Hylomus species

By

Nguyen, Duc-Anh
Vu, Tam T.T.
Nguyen, Thu Anh Thi

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1223

Pages

247--262

Subjects

Biodiversity , COI barcode , mountainous fauna , Southeast Asia , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1223.139649

 

Abstract

Two new species of the dragon millipede genus Hylomus Cook & Loomis, 1924 are described from mountainous areas in northern Vietnam, namely Hylomus piccolosp. nov. and Hylomus borealissp. nov. The COI barcodes are provided for these species, and an identification key is presented to all Vietnamese Hylomus species.