Review of the genus Tylopus Jeekel, 1968, with descriptions of five new species from Thailand (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae)

By

Likhitrakarn, Natdanai
Golovatch, Sergei
Prateepasen, Rujiporn
Somsak Panhā‏

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2010

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

72

Pages

23-68

Subjects

millipede, Tylopus, taxonomy, new species, key, Th

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.72.744

 

Abstract

The genus Tylopus currently contains 41 species, all keyed and mapped, including five new from northern Thailand: T. bispinosus sp. n., T. grandis sp. n., T. extremus sp. n., T. veliger sp. n. and T. parajeekeli sp. n. Their distributions show clear preponderance to forest dwelling, especially in montane habitats where up to 9-10 species can coexist per faunule. We still can expect host of further new congeners to be revealed in the future, in particular from poorly or relatively poorly prospected regions such as Laos (only two species recorded), Cambodia (nothing known yet), Vietnam, Myanmar (a few species in each) and southern China (one species only). This alone prevents from any further attempt at a phylogenetic analysis of the genus, this definitely being too premature at this stage.