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.
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| Genus: | Tonkinosoma Jeekel, 1953
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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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