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Species of dragon millipede

Hylomus rhinoparvus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polydesmida
Family: Paradoxosomatidae
Genus: Hylomus
Species: H. rhinoparvus
Binomial name
Hylomus rhinoparvus
(Likhitrakarn, Golovatch, and Panha, 2015)
Synonyms

Desmoxytes rhinoparva Likhitrakarn, Golovatch & Panha, 2015

Hylomus rhinoparvus is a species of dragon millipede in the family Paradoxosomatidae. It is only known from Houaphanh province of northeastern Laos.

It was first described, along with H. rhinoceros, in 2015. Both species were discovered in Laos, the first dragon millipedes identified there, H. rhinoparvus in the north of the country and H. rhinoceros in the south. The holotype is in the Museum of Zoology, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.

The body length is 23–24 mm (0.91–0.94 in) in males and 26.5–29.5 mm (1.04–1.16 in) in females. The color is dark brown.

References

  1. Srisonchai R, Enghoff H, Likhitrakarn N & Panha S. (2018). A revision of dragon millipedes I: genus Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923, with the description of eight new species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). Zookeys. (761): 1–177., available online at doi:10.3897/zookeys.761.24214 page(s): 11
  2. Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2024). MilliBase. Hylomus rhinoparvus (Likhitrakarn, Golovatch & Panha, 2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1312393 on 29 June 2024
  3. "Hylomus rhinoparvus (Likhitrakarn, Golovatch & Panha, 2015)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  4. ^ Aviss, Ben (20 March 2015). "Meet two new species of dragon millipede". BBC Online. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  5. ^ Likhitrakarn, Natdanai; Sergei I. Golovatch; Somsak Panha (2015). "Two new species of dragon millipedes, genus Desmoxytes Chamnerlin, 1923, from Laos (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae), with redescriptions of all four species of Attems from Vietnam". Zootaxa. 3931 (4): 483–504. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3931.4.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 25781842.
Taxon identifiers
Hylomus rhinoparvus
Desmoxytes rhinoparva


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