Tonkinosoma

Tonkinosoma is a genus of millipede 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.

Tonkinosoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Myriapoda
Class:
Diplopoda
Order:
Polydesmida
Family:
Paradoxosomatidae
Genus:
Tonkinosoma

Jeekel, 1953

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
  • Tonkinosoma flexipes Jeekel, 1953 – northern Vietnam, China
  • Tonkinosoma tiani Liu & Golovatch, 2018 – southern China
  • Tonkinosoma jeekeli Nguyen, 2011 – northern Vietnam

References
  1. "Occurrence of the millipede genus Tonkinosoma Jeekel, 1953 in China, with the description of the first presumed troglobitic species of this genus". Zookeys. Retrieved 6 April 2018.


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