Thyropygus is a genus of millipedes in the family Harpagophoridae, widely distributed throughout Southeast Asia. It is the most-species rich genus of Harpagophoridae in Southeast Asia. Over 30 species occur in Thailand.[1]

Thyropygus
Thyropygus navychula from the Surin Islands
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Spirostreptida
Family: Harpagophoridae
Subfamily: Harpagophorinae
Tribe: Thyropygini
Genus: Thyropygus
Pocock, 1894
Synonyms
  • Cornugonus Demange, 1961
  • Duplopisthus Demange, 1961
  • Spoliatogonus Demange, 1961
  • Thyropisthus Attems, 1942
  • Trigonostreptus Demange, 1961

Species

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MilliBase[2] lists the following accepted species:

  1. Thyropygus acuminatus Silvestri, 1897
  2. Thyropygus allevatus (Karsch, 1881)
  3. Thyropygus amputus (Karsch, 1881)
  4. Thyropygus anurus Pocock, 1896
  5. Thyropygus aterrimus (Pocock, 1889)
  6. Thyropygus bearti Pimvichai, Enghoff & Panha, 2009
  7. Thyropygus bifurcus (Demange, 1986)
  8. Thyropygus bispinispatula Pimvichai, Enghoff & Panha, 2009
  9. Thyropygus bispinus Pimvichai, Enghoff & Panha, 2009
  10. Thyropygus boyoricus (Attems, 1903)
  11. Thyropygus brachyacanthus Pimvichai, Enghoff & Panha, 2009
  12. Thyropygus carli (Attems, 1938)
  13. Thyropygus casjeekeli Pimvichai, Enghoff & Panha, 2009
  14. Thyropygus chelatus Pimvichai, Enghoff & Panha, 2009
  15. Thyropygus cimi Pimvichai, Enghoff, Panha & Backeljau, 2016
  16. Thyropygus coelestis Silvestri, 1895
  17. Thyropygus confusus Attems, 1938
  18. Thyropygus convolutus (Demange, 1961)
  19. Thyropygus cristagalli Pimvichai, Enghoff & Panha, 2009
  20. Thyropygus cuisinieri Carl, 1917
  21. Thyropygus culter Pimvichai, Enghoff, Panha & Backeljau, 2016
  22. Thyropygus demangei Pimvichai, Enghoff & Panha, 2009
  23. Thyropygus dormiens Pimvichai, Enghoff & Panha, 2011
  24. Thyropygus dubius (Demange, 1961)
  25. Thyropygus elegans Silvestri, 1895
  26. Thyropygus enghoffi (Demange, 1989)
  27. Thyropygus erectus Pimvichai, Enghoff & Panha, 2009
  28. Thyropygus erythropleurus Pocock, 1894 - type species
  29. Thyropygus evansi (Demange, 1961)
  30. Thyropygus floweri (Demange, 1961)
  31. Thyropygus foliaceus (Demange, 1961)
  32. Thyropygus forceps Pimvichai, Enghoff, Panha & Backeljau, 2016
  33. Thyropygus globulus (Demange, 1989)
  34. Thyropygus hoffmani Demange, 1961
  35. Thyropygus immanis (Attems, 1903)
  36. Thyropygus implicatus (Demange, 1961)
  37. Thyropygus induratus Attems, 1936
  38. Thyropygus inflexus (Demange, 1989)
  39. Thyropygus intermedius Demange, 1983
  40. Thyropygus jarukchusri Pimvichai, Enghoff & Panha, 2011
  41. Thyropygus laterolobatus Pimvichai, Enghoff & Panha, 2011
  42. Thyropygus loxia Pimvichai, Enghoff & Panha, 2009
  43. Thyropygus luxuriosus Silvestri, 1895
  44. Thyropygus macrosiamensis Pimvichai, Enghoff & Panha, 2011
  45. Thyropygus mesocristatus Pimvichai, Enghoff, Panha & Backeljau, 2016
  46. Thyropygus microporus Attems, 1935
  47. Thyropygus navychula Pimvichai, Enghoff, Panha & Backeljau, 2016
  48. Thyropygus opinatus (Karsch, 1881)
  49. Thyropygus pachyurus Pocock, 1894
  50. Thyropygus peninsularis Hoffman, 1982
  51. Thyropygus perakensis (Pocock, 1892)
  52. Thyropygus planispina Pimvichai, Enghoff, Panha & Backeljau, 2016
  53. Thyropygus quadricuspis Pimvichai, Enghoff & Panha, 2009
  54. Thyropygus quietus Attems, 1938
  55. Thyropygus renschi Attems, 1930
  56. Thyropygus resimus Attems, 1938
  57. Thyropygus richardhoffmani Pimvichai, Enghoff & Panha, 2009
  58. Thyropygus rubrocinctus Pocock, 1894
  59. Thyropygus siamensis Verhoeff, 1938
  60. Thyropygus sutchariti Pimvichai, Enghoff, Panha & Backeljau, 2016
  61. Thyropygus uncinatus (Demange, 1961)
  62. Thyropygus undulatus Pimvichai, Enghoff, Panha & Backeljau, 2016
  63. Thyropygus ursus Pimvichai, Enghoff, Panha & Backeljau, 2016
  64. Thyropygus weberi Pocock, 1894
  65. Thyropygus weidneri Hoffman, 1982

References

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  1. ^ Pimvichai, Piyatida; Enghoff, Henrik; Panha, Somsak; Backeljau, Thierry (2016). "A revision of the Thyropygus allevatus group. Part V: Nine new species of the extended opinatus subgroup, based on morphological and DNA sequence data (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida: Harpagophoridae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (199). doi:10.5852/ejt.2016.199. hdl:10067/1341780151162165141.
  2. ^ MilliBase taxon details: Thyropygus Pocock, 1894 (retrieved 16 August 2021)