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| Tonkinosoma | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Polydesmida |
| Family: | Paradoxosomatidae |
| Tribe: | Chamberliniini |
| Genus: | Tonkinosoma Jeekel, 1953 |
Tonkinosoma is a genus of millipedes in the family Paradoxosomatidae. The genus contains three species, with a new species discovered in 2018. Type species was described from northern Vietnam. Now the species are ranges from Himalayan region and southeast Asian region.
They are characterized by the differences of gonopods. They have distinct or indistinct geniculation cingulum which show a postfemoral part demarcated basally. Femorite is long and slender.[1]
See also
[edit]- Tonkinosoma flexipes Jeekel, 1953 – northern Vietnam, China
- Tonkinosoma tiani Liu & Golovatch, 2018 – southern China
- Tonkinosoma jeekeli Nguyen, 2011 – northern Vietnam
References
[edit]- ↑ Liu, W.; Golovatch, S. (2018). "Occurrence of the millipede genus Tonkinosoma Jeekel, 1953 in China, with the description of the first presumed troglobitic species of this genus". ZooKeys (742): 23–34. doi:10.3897/zookeys.742.23471. PMC 5904496. PMID 29670429. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
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