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Issue: Vol. 2361 No. 1: 17 Feb. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-02-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2361.1.3
Page range: 23–45
Abstract views: 29
PDF downloaded: 1

The millipede genus Orthomorpha Bollman, 1893 in Thailand. 1. Revision of the sericata-group, with descriptions of four new species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae)

Animal Systematics Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
Institute for Problems of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky pr. 33, Moscow 119071, Russia
Animal Systematics Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
Myriapoda millipede taxonomy new species Thailand Malaysia

Abstract

The sericata-group of Orthomorpha is revised and shown to comprise six species, five of which have been collected only in Thailand, including O. enghoffi sp. n., O. alutaria sp. n., O. parasericata sp. n. and O. asticta sp. n. Both O. sericata Jeekel, 1964 and O. subsericata Golovatch, 1997 are redescribed and illustrated, in part based on type material. A key is provided to all of the species in the group, and their distributions are mapped.

References

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    Golovatch, S.I. (1997) On several new or poorly-known Oriental Paradoxosomatidae (Diplopoda, Polydesmida), VI. Arthropoda Selecta, 6(3–4), 35–46.

    Jeekel, C.A.W. (1964) A new species of Orthomorpha Bollman from Thailand observed in migration, with taxonomic notes on the genus (Diplopoda). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 107, 355–364.