Somsak Panha

Somsak Panha, Thai herpetologist, invertebrate biologist and malacologist.

Graduated biology from Srinakharinwirot University and zoology from Chulalongkorn University; Ph.D. in zoology (malacology) from Kyoto University, Kyoto Japan. He is currently a professor of biology Faculty of Science Chulalongkorn University.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Panha, S. & Burch, J.B. 1999. New taxa of Pupillidae (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora) from Thailand. Walkerana 10(24): 113-134.full article (PDF). reference page

Likhitrakarn, N., Golovatch, S.I. & Panha, S. 2011. Revision of the Southeast Asian millipede genus Orthomorpha Bollman, 1893, with the proposal of a new genus (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). ZooKeys 131: 1–161. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.131.1921. reference page

Kongim, B., Sutcharit, C. & Panha, S. 2015. Cytotaxonomy of unionid freshwater mussels (Unionoida, Unionidae) from northeastern Thailand with description of a new species. Zookeys, 514: 93–110. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.514.8977 Full article reference page
Likhitrakarn, N., Golovatch, S.I. & Panha, S. 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. reference page
Likhitrakarn, N., Golovatch, S.I. & Panha, S. 2015a: A checklist of the millipedes (Diplopoda) of Cambodia. Zootaxa 3973(1): 175–184. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3973.1.7. Preview (PDF) reference page
Likhitrakarn, N., Golovatch, S.I. & Panha, S. 2015b. Three new species of the pill millipede genus Hyleoglomeris Verhoeff, 1910, from northern Thailand (Diplopoda, Glomerida, Glomeridae). Zootaxa 4044(1): 130–140. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4044.1.7. Preview (PDF) reference page
Siriwut, W., Edgecombe, G.D., Sutcharit, C., Tongkerd, P. & Panha, S. 2015: First record of the African-Indian centipede genus Digitipes Attems, 1930 (Scolopendromorpha: Otostigminae) from Myanmar, and the systematic position of a new species based on molecular phylogenetics. Zootaxa 3931(1): 71–87. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3931.1.5. reference page

Bantaowong, U., Chanabun, R., James, S.W. & Panha, S. 2016. Seven new species of the earthworm genus Metaphire Sims & Easton, 1972 from Thailand (Clitellata: Megascolecidae). Zootaxa 4117(1): 63–84. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.1.3. Full article (PDF) reference page
Inkhavilay, K., Siriboon, T., Sutcharit, C., Rowson, B. & Panha, S. 2016. The first revision of the carnivorous land snail family Streptaxidae in Laos, with description of three new species (Pulmonata, Stylommatophora, Streptaxidae). ZooKeys 589: 23–53. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.589.7933. reference page
Jirapatrasilp, P., Prasankok, P., Sutcharit, C., Chanabun, R. & Panha, S. 2016. Two new Cambodian semi-aquatic earthworms in the genus Glyphidrilus Horst, 1889 (Oligochaeta, Almidae), based on morphological and molecular data. Zootaxa 4189(3): 543–558. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4189.3.5. Reference page.
Likhitrakarn, N., Golovatch, S.I. & Panha, S. 2016. Review of the Southeast Asian millipede genus Antheromorpha Jeekel, 1968 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). ZooKeys 571: 21–57. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.571.7566. reference page

Suraprasit, K., Jaeger, J.J., Chaimanee, Y., Chavasseau, O., Yamee, C., Tian, P. & Panha, S. 2016. The Middle Pleistocene vertebrate fauna from Khok Sung (Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand): biochronological and paleobiogeographical implications. ZooKeys 613: 1-157. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.613.8309. reference page
Siriwut, W., Edgecombe, G.D., Sutcharit, C., Tongkerd, P. & Panha, S. 2016. A taxonomic review of the centipede genus Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758 (Scolopendromorpha, Scolopendridae) in mainland Southeast Asia, with description of a new species from Laos. ZooKeys 590: 1-124. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.590.7950. reference page
Srisonchai, R., Enghoff, H., Likhitrakarn, N. & Panha, S. 2016. Four colorful new species of dragon millipedes, genus Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923, from northern Thailand (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae). Zootaxa 4170(1): 93–113. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4170.1.4. reference page

Chanabun, R., Inkavilay, K. & Panha, S. 2017. Description of seven new species of semi-aquatic freshwater earthworms genus Glyphidrilus Horst, 1889 from Thailand and Laos (Oligochaeta, Almidae). ZooKeys 672: 1—34. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.667.10212. Reference page.
Likhitrakarn, N., Golovatch, S.I., Inkhavilay, K., Sutcharit, C., Srisonchai, R. & Panha, S. 2017. Two new species of the millipede genus Glyphiulus Gervais, 1847 from Laos (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Cambalopsidae). ZooKeys 722: 1–18. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.722.21192. Reference page.
Likhitrakarn, N., Golovatch, S.I., Srisonchai, R. & Panha, S. 2017. A new species of Trichopeltis Pocock, 1894 from southern China, with a checklist and a distribution map of Trichopeltis species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Cryptodesmidae). ZooKeys 725: 123–137. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.725.22014. Reference page.
Likhitrakarn, N., Jirapatrasilp, P., Golovatch, S.I. & Panha, S. 2017. A checklist of the millipedes (Diplopoda) of Myanmar, with an updated list of Leonardo Fea’s collecting localities. Zootaxa 4350(1): 1–46. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4350.1.1. Reference page.
Matsui, M., Eto, K., Nishikawa, K., Hamidy, A., Belabut, D., Ahmad, N., Panha, S., Khonsue, W. & Grismer, L.L. 2017. Mitochondrial phylogeny of Leptolalax From Malay Peninsula and Leptobrachella (Anura, Megophryidae). Current Herpetology 36(1): 11–21. doi: 10.5358/hsj.36.11 Reference page.

Likhitrakarn, N., Golovatch, S.I., Srisonchai, R., Brehier, F., Lin, A., Sutcharit, C. & Panha, S. 2018. Two new species of the millipede family Cambalopsidae from Myanmar (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida). ZooKeys 760: 55–71. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.760.24837. Reference page.
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. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.761.24214. Reference page.
Srisonchai, R., Enghoff, H., Likhitrakarn, N. & Panha, S. 2018. A revision of dragon millipedes IV: the new genus Spinaxytes, with the description of nine new species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). Zookeys, 797: 19–68. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.797.29510 Reference page.
Matsui, M., Khonsue, W. & Panha, S. 2018. Two New Species of Ansonia from Thailand (Anura: Bufonidae). Zoological Science 35(1): 39–48. doi: 10.2108/ZS170120. PubMed Reference page.