Tuesday, April 1, 2025

[Diplopoda • 2025] Tylopus tropicalis, T namnonensis & T. khikheb • Three New Species of the Oriental Millipede Genus Tylopus Jeekel, 1968 (Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae) from China and Laos



Likhitrakarn, Lips, Golovatch, Jeratthitikul, Panha & Sutcharit, 2025  
 

Three new species of Tylopus Jeekel, 1968 are described, one from southwestern China, T. tropicalis Likhitrakarn, n. sp., and two from Laos, T. namnonensis Likhitrakarn, n. sp. and T. khikheb Likhitrakarn, n. sp. Keys are compiled to all nine and 15 species of Tylopus currently known to occur in China and Laos, respectively.

Keywords: Sulciferini, key, Indochina, endemism, new species




Natdanai LIKHITRAKARN, Josiane LIPS, Sergei I. GOLOVATCH, Ekgachai JERATTHITIKUL, Somsak PANHA and Chirasak SUTCHARIT. 2025. Three New Species of the Oriental Millipede Genus Tylopus Jeekel, 1968 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae) from China and Laos. Zoosystema. 47(5); 75-88. https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/zoosystema/47