Published April 16, 2021 | Version v1
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Mountainous millipedes in Vietnam. I. Two new species of the family Paradoxosomatidae from Mount Fansipan (Diplopoda, Polydesmida)

  • 1. Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam|Graduate University of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam
  • 2. Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam|Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan
  • 3. Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan

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Two new paradoxosomatid millipede species were discovered at the high elevations of Mount Fansipan in northwestern Vietnam. They are named as Orthomorphoides sapa sp. nov. and Hylomus solenophorus sp. nov. In addition to their morphological descriptions, sequences from fragments of two mitochondrial genes, COI and 16S rRNA, are also provided for both new species.

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