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| Zephronia phrain Likhitrakarn & Golovatch, in Likhitrakarn, Golovatch, Srisonchai & Sutcharit, 2021 |
Abstract
Two new species of Zephronia sensu stricto, both coming from Chiang Mai Province, northern Thailand, are described: Z. lannaensis, new species and Z. phrain, new species. Both these species seem to be especially similar to Z. laotica Wesener, 2019, but clearly distinct by telopoditomere 2 of the anterior telopods showing a sclerotized process located inside a membranous area, coupled with leg-pair 3 featuring one or two dorso-apical spine(s).
Keywords: giant pill-millipede, new species, arthropod, taxonomy, Thailand
Family Zephroniidae Gray, 1843
Subfamily Zephroniinae Gray, 1843
Tribe Zephroniini Jeekel, 2001
Genus Zephronia Gray, 1832
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| Habitus, live colouration. (A, B) Zephronia lannaensis, new species, ♂ paratype; (C–E) Zephronia phrain, new species, ♀ paratype. (A) enrolled, lateral view; (B) unrolling, sublateral view; (C) enrolled, lateral view; (D, E) unrolling, sublateral and dorsal views, respectively. (B, D, E) Pictures taken not to scale. |
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| Zephronia lannaensis, new species, ♂ paratype. (A) enrolled, lateral view; (B) unrolling, sublateral view |
Zephronia lannaensis Likhitrakarn & Golovatch, new species
กิ้งกือกระสุนล้านนา
Name.– To emphasize “Lan Na”, the old name of the region, referring to the Lan Na Kingdom (“kingdom of a million rice fields”) which ruled over northern Thailand from the 13thto 18thcentury; a noun in apposition.
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| Zephronia phrain, new species, ♀ paratype. (C) enrolled, lateral view; (D, E) unrolling, sublateral and dorsal views, respectively. |
Zephronia phrain Likhitrakarn & Golovatch, new species
กิ้งกือกระสุนพระอินทร์
Name.– To emphasize “Phra In - พระอินทร์”, referring to a deity in Thai mythology in order to emphasize a greenish body and also the Thai common name for the giant pill-millipedes (Sphaerotheriida); a noun in apposition.
Natdanai Likhitrakarn, Sergei I. Golovatch, Ruttapon Srisonchai and Chirasak Sutcharit. 2021. Two New Species of the Giant Pill-Millipede Genus Zephronia Gray, 1832 from Thailand (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida: Zephroniidae). Tropical Natural History. 21(1); 12-26.
กิ้งกือกระสุนล้านนา 𝑍𝑒𝑝ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑎 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑎𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠
กิ้งกือกระสุนพระอินทร์ 𝑍𝑒𝑝ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑎 𝑝ℎ𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛
