Mountainous millipedes in Vietnam. II. A conspicuous Tylopus species from Northern Vietnam (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae)

By

Nguyen, Anh D.
Eguchi, Katsuyuki

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022-3-31

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1091

Pages

1--13

Subjects

16S rRNA , Biodiversity , COI , mountain fauna , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1091.80094

 

Abstract

A conspicuous Tylopus species is described from Northern Vietnam, namely T. helicorthomorphoidessp. nov. The new species is clearly diagnosed by the gonopodal solenophore completely sheathing the solenomere, both being coiled three times, and the absence of spine z and process h of the gonopod. Fragments of the COI and 16S rRNA genes were extracted, and the phylogenetic analysis also supports the new species.