Eviulisoma taitaorum

Eviulisoma taitaorum

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: Eviulisomatini
Genus: Eviulisoma
Species: Eviulisoma taitaorum

Name

• Eviulisoma taitaorum VandenSpiegel & Golovatch, 2014: 18, figs. 3, 4, maps 1, 2

Holotype: MRAC 22630, ♂, 1–20.VI.1999, leg. R. Mwakos.

Type locality: KENYA: Taita Hills, Chawia Forest, 1500 m a.s.l., S03°29', E38°20', pitfall trapping.

Etymology: To emphasize the type locality, in Latin meaning “a dweller of Taita”.

References

• VandenSpiegel, D. & Golovatch, S.I. 2014. The millipede genus Eviulisoma Silvestri, 1910 in Kenya, with descriptions of new species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). ZooKeys 459: 11-34. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.459.8621 Reference page.  [original description: p. 18, figs. 3, 4, maps 1, 2]