Tokyosoma inflatum ( Verhoeff, 1942 )

Mikhaljova, Elena V. & Korsós, Zoltán, 2015, Review of the millipede family Diplomaragnidae of Japan, with description of a new species and the restoration of the combination Diplomaragna hokkaidensis (Verhoeff, 1939) (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Diplomaragnidae), Zootaxa 3914 (5), pp. 569-576 : 574

Tokyosoma inflatum ( Verhoeff, 1942)

Niponiothauma inflatum Verhoeff 1942: 205 –206, figs 1–6. Niponiothauma inflatum — Miyosi 1959: 53, 128, pl. 12: figs 176–176''. Diplopmaragna inflata— Shear 1990: 36.

Tokyosoma inflatum— Mikhaljova 2000: 178.

Distribution. Japan (Kuringawa; Kyushu Island: Kumamoto Prefecture).

Remarks. The species was originally described in Niponiothauma ( Verhoeff 1942) , later transferred to the genus Diplomaragna ( Shear 1990) , then to the genus Tokyosoma ( Mikhaljova 2000) . This species was described from Kuringawa, Japan. Shear (1990), however, suggested that this type locality is incorrect because it is impossible to find any information on that location on maps, and that T. inflatum originates from Kyushu Island where (in Kumamoto Prefecture) the additional specimens have been found.