Hylomus rhinoceros

Hylomus rhinoceros
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polydesmida
Family: Paradoxosomatidae
Genus: Hylomus
Species:
H. rhinoceros
Binomial name
Hylomus rhinoceros
(Likhitrakarn, Golovatch & Panha, 2015)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Desmoxytes rhinoceros Likhitrakarn, Golovatch & Panha, 2015

Hylomus rhinoceros is an aposematic species of dragon millipede in the family Paradoxosomatidae.[3][4] It is only known from Champasak and Sekong Provinces in southern Laos.[4]

It was first described, along with H. rhinoparvus, in 2015.[5] Both species were discovered in Laos,[5] the first dragon millipedes identified there, H. rhinoceros in the south of the country and H. rhinoparvus in the north.[4] The holotype is in the Museum of Zoology, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.[4]

The body length is 17–24 mm (0.67–0.94 in) in males and 20–25 mm (0.79–0.98 in) in females. The color is dark red.[4]

References

  1. ^ 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): 1–177., available online at doi:10.3897/zookeys.761.24214
  2. ^ Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2024). MilliBase. Hylomus rhinoceros (Likhitrakarn, Golovatch & Panha, 2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1312392 on 28 June 2024
  3. ^ "Hylomus rhinoceros (Likhitrakarn, Golovatch & Panha, 2015)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e Aviss, Ben (20 March 2015). "Meet two new species of dragon millipede". BBC Online. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  5. ^ a b Likhitrakarn, Natdanai; Sergei I. Golovatch; Somsak Panha (2015). "Two new species of dragon millipedes, genus Desmoxytes Chamnerlin, 1923, from Laos (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae), with redescriptions of all four species of Attems from Vietnam". Zootaxa. 3931 (4): 483–504. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3931.4.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 25781842.


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