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Published: 2011-07-29
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A revision of the Thyropygus allevatus group. Part 4: the T. cuisinieri subgroup (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida: Harpagophoridae)

Animal Systematics Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
Animal Systematics Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Myriapoda millipede taxonomy new species Thailand

Abstract

The Thyropygus cuisinieri subgroup of the T. allevatus group is revised. A new species is described from Thailand: T. jarukchusri n. sp. The following species are re-described: T. cuisinieri Carl, 1917, T. carli Attems, 1938, and T. foliaceus (Demange, 1961), new status (elevated from subspecies status under T. cuisinieri).

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