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| Tylopus panhai Srisonchai & Likhitrakarn, in Srisonchai, Inkhavilay, Ngor, Sutcharit et Likhitrakarn, 2023. Tropical Natural History. Supplement 7 |
Abstract
Two new species of the predominantly Indochinese to southern Chinese millipedes belonging to the genus Tylopus Jeekel, 1968 are described: Tylopus bokorensis sp. nov. from southern Cambodia, and T. panhai sp. nov. from southern Laos. These species can be clearly discriminated from congeners by the shape of processes on postfemoral part of the gonopod in combination with some distinct somatic characters. Tylopus bokorensis sp. nov. is the first in this genus to be found in Cambodia. Both species inhabit montane habitats more than 1,000 m above mean sea level, and we regard them as endemic to these countries. An identification key and distribution map of Tylopus occurring in Cambodia and Laos are provided.
Keywords: biodiversity, endemic species, Southeast Asia, Sulciferini
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| Photographs of live specimens and habitat. A, B. Tylopus bokorensis sp. nov. E. habitat of T. bokorensis sp. nov. C, D. Tylopus panhai sp. nov. |
Tylopus bokorensis Srisonchai and Likhitrakarn, sp. nov.
Tylopus panhai Srisonchai and Likhitrakarn, sp. nov.
Ruttapon Srisonchai, Khamla Inkhavilay, Peng Bun Ngor, Chirasak Sutcharit and Natdanai Likhitrakarn. 2023. Uncovering Endemism in High Montane Forests: Two New Species of Millipede Genus Tylopus Jeekel, 1968 (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae) from Cambodia and Laos. Tropical Natural History. Supplement 7;151-164
