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Sphaerobelum turcosa Srisonchai & Pimvichai 2023
Authors/Creators
- 1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
- 2. Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Leibniz Institute for the Study of Biodiversity Change (LIB), Adenauerallee 160, D- 53113 Bonn, Germany
- 3. Program of Agriculture, Faculty of Agricultural Production, Maejo University, Chiang Mai 50290, Thailand & Animal Systematics Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Phayathai Road, Patumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
- 4. Animal Systematics Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Phayathai Road, Patumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
- 5. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand & Animal Systematics Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Phayathai Road, Patumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Description
Sphaerobelum turcosa Srisonchai & Pimvichai, 2023
Figs 15 M, N, 16
Sphaerobelum turcosa Srisonchai & Pimvichai, 2023 in Srisonchai et al. 2023: 45.
New material examined.
Thailand • 2 ♂♂ (MZKKU), Loei Province, Mueang Loei District, Phu Pha Lom Forest Park, 540 m a. s. l., 17°34'18.4"N, 101°52'18.0"E, 18 September 2023, P. Sukkharom coll.
Distribution.
This species is known only from the type locality, which is characterised by the highly irregular geomorphology of limestone habitat at Phu Pha Lom Forest Park in Loei Province. Based on our observations of specimens at both the forest floor and on rocks, we suggest that this species is likely inhabiting only rock crevices or walls.
Notes
Published as part of Srikampha, Khanet, Wesener, Thomas, Likhitrakarn, Natdanai, Sutcharit, Chirasak & Srisonchai, Ruttapon, 2025, The millipede genus Sphaerobelum Verhoeff, 1924, in Thailand, with descriptions of three new species (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Zephroniidae), pp. 273-300 in Zoosystematics and Evolution 101 (1) on pages 273-300, DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.143073
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- MZKKU
- Event date
- 2023-09-18
- Verbatim event date
- 2023-09-18
- Scientific name authorship
- Srisonchai & Pimvichai
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Sphaerotheriida
- Family
- Zephroniidae
- Genus
- Sphaerobelum
- Species
- turcosa
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Sphaerobelum turcosa Srisonchai, 2023 sec. Srikampha, Wesener, Likhitrakarn, Sutcharit & Srisonchai, 2025
References
- Srisonchai R, Likhitrakarn N, Sutcharit C, Backeljau T, Pimvichai P (2023) A new jewel-like species of the pill-millipede genus Sphaerobelum Verhoeff, 1924 (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Zephroniidae) from Thailand. ZooKeys 1181: 41-57. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1181.109076
- Srisonchai R, Likhitrakarn N, Sutcharit C, Backeljau T, Pimvichai P (2023) A new jewel-like species of the pill-millipede genus Sphaerobelum Verhoeff, 1924 (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Zephroniidae) from Thailand. ZooKeys 1181: 41–57. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1181.109076