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Issue: Vol. 5717 No. 1: 4 Nov. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-11-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5717.1.6
Page range: 100-114
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A new conspicuously colored species of the genus Hyleoglomeris Verhoeff 1910 (Diplopoda: Glomerida: Glomeridae), with research perspectives on the genus in Japan

Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science / Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Faculty of Education, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo, 1848501, Japan
Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science / Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science / Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan; Faculty of Education, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo, 1848501, Japan
Department of Environmental Ecology, Institute of Biology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18, Hoangquocviet Rd., Nghia Do Ward, Hanoi, Vietnam; Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18, Hoangquocviet Rd., Nghia Do Ward, Hanoi, Vietnam
Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science / Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Biodiversity taxonomy dNa barcode millipede East asia Myriapoda

Abstract

A new conspicuously colored species of the pill millipede genus Hyleoglomeris Verhoeff, 1910 is discovered and described based on samples collected from the Kanto and Chubu regions of Japan. The new species is named Hyleoglomeris kabutus Susukida, Nguyen et Eguchi, sp. nov., and is distinguished by a deeply bifurcate syncoxital horns and subpentagon-shaped syncoxital lobe. This is supported by its conspicuous yellow colouration pattern, and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) DNA barcode sequences.

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How to Cite

Susukida, M., Kuroda, M., Toda, M., Oguri, E., Nguyen, A.D. & Eguchi, K. (2025) A new conspicuously colored species of the genus Hyleoglomeris Verhoeff 1910 (Diplopoda: Glomerida: Glomeridae), with research perspectives on the genus in Japan. Zootaxa, 5717 (1), 100–114. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5717.1.6