Pseudodesmus camptotrichus ( Attems, 1938 )

Nguyen, Anh D., Nguyen, Lien T. P. & Korsós, Zoltán, 2024, A review of the millipede genus Pseudodesmus Pocock, 1887 (Diplopoda, Platydesmida, Andrognathidae) from Vietnam, with descriptions of five new species and notes on its phylogeny, Zoosystematics and Evolution 100 (4), pp. 1515-1541 : 1515-1541

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zse.100.132111
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B39508EB-6EB2-4CC0-88D8-B3E87BDCED02
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14052218
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scientific name	Pseudodesmus camptotrichus ( Attems, 1938 )
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Treatment

Pseudodesmus camptotrichus ( Attems, 1938) View in CoL

Sumatronium camptotrichum Attems, 1938: p. 303, figs 219–235. View in CoL

Type material.

26 specimens, including 1 male and 16 females ( NHMW - MY 2288–2293).

Historical diagnosis.

According to Attems (1938, p. 303), the species can be recognized by coloration of earth brown; length 14 mm, width 2 mm, male with 37–42 body rings, female with 35–49 body rings; head almost evenly rounded; collum relatively short, lateral paraterga rounded, anteriad-directed. Metazonites with two rows of 5 + 5 or 5 + 4 tubercles on body ring 2, 6–9 + 6 – 9 tubercles on the following body rings; the paramedian tubercles the largest, rather elongated.

Records from Vietnam.

Khanh Hoa Province (Ba Ngoi; Hon Ba; Po Nagar; Cau Da), Phu Yen Province (Varella), Da Nang Province (Ba Na; Hai Van), Lam Dong Province (Lang Biang), Binh Phuoc Province (Bu Dap), Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province (Con Son isl.) ( Attems 1938) ( Attems 1938).