Keywords :
Aphyly,
Myanmar,
taxonomy,
Thailand
บทคัดย่อ :
A new genus of the millipede family Pachybolidae from Southeast Asia is described: Macrurobolus
gen. nov., with Spirobolus macrurus Pocock, 1893 as type species. This latter species is DNA barcoded
(COI) and redescribed based on male morphological characters, which hitherto were unknown. The new
genus differs from other pachybolid genera by having (1) the preanal ring process long and protruding
beyond the anal valves and (2) the anterior gonopod telopodite distally abruptly narrowed, forming an ex-
tremely long, slender, elevated process curved caudad. Given that Macrurobolus gen. nov. is a monotypic
genus, it is aphyletic and thus requires further taxonomic revision.
เอกสารอ้างอิง :
Pimvichai, P., Enghoff, H. and Backeljau, T., 2022. Redescription of the giant Southeast Asian millipede Spirobolusmacrurus Pocock, 1893 and its assignment to the new genus Macrurobolus gen. nov.(Diplopoda, Spirobolida, Pachybolidae). ZooKeys, 1087, p.1.
