Tylopus spinisterna

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 spinisterna

Name

Tylopus spinisterna Nguyen, 2012: 293, figs. 3, 4, 18

Holotype: IEBR-142H, ♂. Coll. Nguyen Duc Anh, 2–9 Apr.2008

Type locality: Lam Dong Province, Bi Doup-Nui Ba National Park (12°00'–12°19'N, 108°21'–108°44'E), corn field, 1400 m a.s.l., pitfall traps.

Etymology: spinisterna is a noun in apposition and emphasizes the presence of spiniform projections on the sterna.

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.