Hylomus spinissimus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polydesmida 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Mandibulata
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Classis: Diplopoda
Subclassis: Chilognatha
Infraclassis: Helminthomorpha
Superordo: Merocheta
Ordo: Polydesmida

Familia: Paradoxosomatidae
Subfamilia: Paradoxosomatinae
Tribus: Orthomorphini
Genus: Hylomus
Species:

Name

Hylomus spinissimus (Golovatch, Li, Liu & Geoffroy, 2012): figs 3, 4

Holotype: IZAS CHIgx12-LYB04, โ™‚.
Type locality: China, Guangxi Prov., Fuchuan County, Guanyuan, Cave Guanyuan Dong, 25.I.2012, leg. Li Youbang, Li Youting and Tang Kewen.
Etymology: To emphasize the extremely long and spiniform paraterga.

Synonyms

  • Desmoxytes spinissima Golovatch, Li, Liu & Geoffroy, 2012

References

  • Golovatch, Sergei I., Youbang Li, Weixin Liu & Jean-Jacques Geoffroy, 2012: Three new cavernicolous species of dragon millipedes, genus Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923, from southern China, with notes on a formal congener from the Philippines (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). ZooKeys, 185: 1โ€“17. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.185.3082.
  • Srisonchai, R., Enghoff, H., Likhitrakarn, N. & Panha, S. 2018. A revision of dragon millipedes I: genus Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923, with the description of eight new species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). ZooKeys 761: 1โ€“177. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.761.24214. Reference page.