Polydesmid Millipedes of the family Paradoxosomatidae are found from South and Southeast Asia to Australia, dominating Millipede faunas in many areas. With over 1000 species in 200 genera the Paradoxosomatidae is probably the most specious group of Polydesmid Millipedes. The genus Antheromorpha currently comprises eleven species of large, brightly coloured Millipedes, found across Southeast Asia, from Myanmar and South China in the north, south to Vietnam and Malaysia.
In a paper published in the journal Raffles Bulletin of Zoology on 21 February 2018, Anh Nguyen of Duy Tan University, and the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources at the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Son Nguyen, also of the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources at the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, and Son Le of the Institute of Tropical Ecology at the Vietnamese-Russian Tropical Center, describe a new species of Antheromorpha from the Pu Mat National Park in Nghe An Province, northern Vietnam.
The new species is named Antheromorpha pumatensis, meaning from ‘from Pu Mat’. It is described from four male and six female specimens collected in April 2011. The male specimens measure between 28.1 and 37.4 mm in length, while the females measure between 28.0 and 36.5 mm. Both sexes are magenta in colour with a yellow-brown stripe along their backs and pink markings.
The new species is named Antheromorpha pumatensis, meaning from ‘from Pu Mat’. It is described from four male and six female specimens collected in April 2011. The male specimens measure between 28.1 and 37.4 mm in length, while the females measure between 28.0 and 36.5 mm. Both sexes are magenta in colour with a yellow-brown stripe along their backs and pink markings.
Antheromorpha pumatensis, from Pu Mat National Park. Nguyen et al. (2018).
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