Nepalmatoiulus tuoxiaensis Mikhaljova, 2023

Mikhaljova, Elena V., 2024, New species and new records of millipedes of the genera Nepalmatoiulus Mauriès, 1983 and Anaulaciulus Pocock, 1895 (Diplopoda, Julida, Julidae) from mainland China, Zootaxa 5447 (4), pp. 496-512 : 508

Nepalmatoiulus tuoxiaensis Mikhaljova, 2023

Nepalmatoiulus tuoxiaensis Mikhaljova 2023a: pp. 388–390 , figs 27–38.

Material examined. 1 male ( ZMUM), China, Yunnan Province, Mekong valley, ENE Yezhixiang , 3 km NE Houqing, 27°43'00" N, 99°06'20" E, H = 3615 m, 29.05. 2017, leg. I. Belousov, I. Kabak.

Distribution. China.

Remarks. This species has hitherto been known only from China, Yunnan Province, Deqin, Tuoxia Highway Mt. Range between Xiaruolisuzuxiang & Yezhizhen, its terra typica ( Mikhaljova 2023a).

A comparison of the description of Nepalmatoiulus tuoxiaensis by Mikhaljova (2023a) with the above sample shows a general morphological resemblance except for the following. 1) Body length is about 29 mm and midbody vertical diameter is about 3.0 mm in the above-mentioned male, but about 25.0 and about 2.0 mm in the holotype (see Mikhaljova 2023a). 2) The above male at hand has some longer outgrowth of the subapical excavation of the gonopod opisthomere mesomeral process. 3) Above male has a longer gonopod flagellum. Discrepancy in the male body size may be due to the difference in the habitat conditions or age. Perhaps, when more material on this species appears and intraspecific variability can be assessed, the taxonomy will have to be revised.