Tylopus hilaris ( Attems, 1937 )

Nguyen, Anh D., 2012, Tylopus Millipedes In Vietnam (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae: Sulciferini), With Descriptions Of Five New Species, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 60 (2), pp. 289-311 : 301

Tylopus hilaris ( Attems, 1937)

( Figs. 11 , 12 , 18 )

Anoplodesmus hilaris Attems, 1937: 105–106 , Fig. 136; Attems,

1938: 215, Figs. 29–41 Agnesia hilaris :— Jeekel, 1965: 98 Tylopus hilaris :— Jeekel, 1968: 60; Enghoff, Golovatch & Nguyen,

2004: 40

Material examined. — 1 male, (IEBR-57), Thua Thien Hue Province, Bach Ma National Park (16°05'– 16°16'N, 107°43'– 107°53’E), 14 Aug.2005 ; 1 male, 1 female, (IEBR-55), Kon Tum Province, Ngoc Linh Mountain (15°00'– 15°18'N, 107°41'– 08°01'E), primary forest, 1800–1900 m a.s.l., coll. Nguyen Duc Anh, 21 Mar.2006 – 9 Apr.2006 .

Remarks. — The specimens examined here more or less agree well with the original description, but they differ in the following minor details: the body is smaller (width of prozona 3.2 mm and metazona 4.2 mm vs. 3.4 mm and 5.0 mm in the original description); pleurosternal keels are present on the body rings 2–6.

Figures

Fig. 11. Tylopus hilaris (Attems, 1937) from Ngoc Linh Mt.: hypoproct, ventral view (A); sternite 5, posterioventral view (B); leg 9 (C); right gonopod, mesal view (D) and lateral view (E). Scale bars = 1 mm.

Fig. 12. Tylopus hilaris (Attems, 1937) from Ngoc Linh Mt.: right gonopod, lateral view (A) and mesal view (B).

Fig. 18.Distribution map ofthe millipede genus Tylopus Jeekel, 1968 in Vietnam. 1: Sa Pa, Lao Cai Prov. (T. crassipes, T. procurvus, T. nodulipes, T. sigma, T. sapaensis, T. maculatus, T. magnicus); 2: Van Ban, Lao Cai Prov. (T. crassipes, T. nodulipes); 3: Xuan Son NP (T. strongylosomoides, T. golovatchi); 4: Tam Dao NP (T. tamdaoensis, T. roseiparaterga, T. strongylosomoides); 5: Cuc Phuong NP (T. granulatus, T. hilaroides, T. topali); 6: Pu Mat NP (T. nodulipes); 7: Huong Son, Ha Tinh prov. (T. nodulipes); 8: Bach Ma–Ba Na NP (T. hilaris, T. multilatus); 9: Ngoc Linh Mts., Kon Tum prov. (T. hilaris, T. phanluongi); 10: Bi Doup–Nui Ba NP (T. spinisterna).