Tylopus roseiparaterga

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polydesmida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Myriapoda Classis: Diplopoda Subclassis: Chilognatha Infraclassis: Helminthomorpha Superordo: Merocheta Ordo: Polydesmida

Familia: Paradoxosomatidae
Subfamilia: Paradoxosomatinae
Tribus: Sulciferini
Genus: Tylopus
Species: Tylopus roseiparaterga

Name

Tylopus roseiparaterga Nguyen, 2012: 293, figs. 5, 6, 18

Holotype: IEBR-97H, ♂. Coll. Nguyen Duc Anh & Jun-ichi Kojima, 15–18 Oct.2010.

Type locality: Vinh Phuc Province, Tam Dao National Park (21°21'–21°42'N, 105°23'–105°44'E), forest, 900–1000 m a.s.l.

Etymology: roseiparaterga, a noun in apposition, and emphasizes the pink paraterga.

References

• Nguyen, A.D. 2012: Tylopus millipedes in Vietnam (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae: Sulciferini), with descriptions of five new species. Raffles bulletin of zoology, 60(2): 289–311. PDF.