Tonkinosoma tiani

Tonkinosoma tiani
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Polydesmida
Family:	Paradoxosomatidae
Genus:	Tonkinosoma
Species:	T. tiani
Binomial name
	Tonkinosoma tiani; Liu & Golovatch, 2018

Tonkinosoma tiani, is a species of millipede belonging to the family Paradoxosomatidae. It is found from caves in southern China.^[1]

Etymology

The specific name tiani is in honor of Prof. Mingyi Tian, one of collector from South China Agricultural University.^[1]

Description

Body length is 25–27 mm in both sexes. In Head, frons densely pilose and vertex smooth. Antennae slender and long. Body uniformly dark to pale yellow. Body has 20 segments. Epiproct tip is truncated, with four spinnerets. Legs long and slender.

References

^ ^a ^b Liu, Weixin; Golovatch, Sergei (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. PMC 5904496. PMID 29670429. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

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[Ttiani-1] Liu, Weixin; Golovatch, Sergei (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. PMC 5904496. PMID 29670429. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

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