Tonkinosoma tiani

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: Tonkinosomatini
Genus: Tonkinosoma
Species: Tonkinosoma tiani

Name

Tonkinosoma tiani Liu & Golovatch, 2018

ZooBank: 87580449-1285-4C19-B810-8169522704D8

Type locality: China, Guizhou Province, Qianxinan, Anlong County, Sayu Town, Ganhan Dong Cave

Holotype: male, SCAU, China, Guizhou Province, Qianxinan, Anlong County, Sayu Town, Ganhan Dong Cave, 25°11'25"N, 105°19'31"E, 1250 m a.s.l., 12.V.2017, leg. Mingyi Tian, Weixin Liu, Xiaozhu Luo, Pingjing Yang & Yanyi Pu.

Paratypes: 9 ♂, 20 ♀ SCAU, same data as holotype. 8 ♂ (SCAU, same county, Longguang Town, Fengyan Dong Cave, 25°10'05"N, 105°13'50"E, 1400 m a.s.l., 12.V.2017; 13 ♂, 4 ♀ SCAU, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ZMUM, Guizhou, Xingyi City, Wushan Town, Xiaozi Dong Cave, N 25°06'43", E 104°46'32", 1750 m a.s.l., 14.V.2017; all leg. Mingyi Tian, Weixin Liu, Xiaozhu Luo, Pingjing Yang & Yanyi Pu.

Etymology: named after Ming-Yi Tian

References

Primary references

  • Liu, W-X. & 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 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). ZooKeys 742: 23–34. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.742.23471. Reference page. 
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