A second species of the genus Vietnamorpha Golovatch, 1984 (Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae) and notes on the generic relationship |
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| Authors: | Anh D Nguyen |
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| Institution: | 1. Duy Tan University, Danang, Vietnam;2. Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam |
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| Abstract: | A second Vietnamorpha species is described from Pu Mat National Park, north-central Vietnam. The new species is distinguished by the gonopod femorite being erect and cylindrically elongate; and the solenomere being completely sheathed by the solenophore, and being only exposed at the tip. The relationship between Vietnamorpha and several sulciferinine genera was analysed using a combination of a mitochondrial gene (16S rRNA) and two nuclear genes (18S and 28S rRNA). The genus Vietnamorpha is more closely related to the genus Anoplodesmus than to other sulciferinine genera. www.zobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C8A19CFD-1329-427A-B380-08542BB25718 |
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| Keywords: | Diplopoda millipede new species molecular phylogeny Vietnam |
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