Tylopus golovatchi

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 golovatchi

Name

Tylopus golovatchi Nguyen, 2012: 298, figs. 7, 8, 18

Holotype: IEBR-141H, ♂. Coll. Nguyen Van Quang, 15 Jan.2006.

Type locality: Phu Tho province, Xuan Son National Park (21°03'–21°12'N, 104°51'–105°01'E), primary forest.

Etymology: golovatchi, named in honor of Dr. S. I. Golovatch, an outstanding specialist of millipedes for his major contribution to global myriapodology.

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.