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Issue: Vol. 2016 No. 1: 20 Feb. 2009
Type: Article
Published: 2009-02-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2016.1.2
Page range: 17–50
Abstract views: 68
PDF downloaded: 33

A revision of the Thyropygus allevatus group. Part 1: the T. opinatus subgroup (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida: Harpagophoridae)

Animal Systematics Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand Biological Science Program, 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 Biological Science Program, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Myriapoda millipede taxonomy new species Thailand

Abstract

The Thyropygus opinatus subgroup of the T. allevatus group is revised. The T. opinatus subgroup corresponds to the genus Cornugonus Demange, 1961, which is formally synonymized under Thyropygus. Eight new species are described from Thailand: T. bearti n. sp., T. brachyacanthus n. sp., T. loxia n. sp., from Suratthani province, T. bispinus n. sp., from Uthaithani and Phrae provinces, T. bispinispatula n. sp., from Chumphon province, T. chelatus n. sp., from Nakhonsrithammarat province, T. cristagalli n. sp., from Phang Nga province and T. erectus n. sp., from Satun province. The other species of the T. opinatus subgroup, viz., T. opinatus (Karsch, 1881), n. comb., T. floweri (Demange, 1961), n. comb., T. implicatus (Demange, 1961), n. comb., and T. inflexus (Demange, 1989), n. comb., are redescribed. New records are given for T. opinatus, T. implicatus and T. floweri. The type locality of T. floweri is shown to be in Thailand rather than Malaysia.

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