Orthomorpha hydrobiologica Attems, 1930

Likhitrakarn, Natdanai, Golovatch, Sergei I., Semenyuk, Irina, Efeykin, Boris D. & Panha, Somsak, 2019, Review of the millipede genus Orthomorpha Bollman, 1893 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae) in Vietnam, with several new records and descriptions of two new species, ZooKeys 898, pp. 121-158 : 121

Orthomorpha hydrobiologica Attems, 1930

Orthomorpha hydrobiologica Attems, 1930: 120 (D).

Orthomorpha hydrobiologica - Attems 1937: 63 (D); 1938: 215 (R); Jeekel 1963: 265 (M); 1964: 361 (M, D); 1968: 45 (M); Hoffman 1973: 362 (M); 1977: 700 (M); Golovatch 1998: 42 (M); Enghoff et al. 2004: 38 (R); Likhitrakarn et al. 2011: 53 (D); 2015: 181 (R).

Oxidus hydrobiologicus - Chamberlin 1945: 10 (R).

Old records.

Vietnam, Quang Ninh Province, Hong Gai; Khanh Hoa Province, Nha Trang; Cau Da; Ba Ngoi; Ninh Thuan Province, Phan Rang; Binh Phuoc Province, Loc Ninh; Dak Lak Province, near frontier with Cambodia; Kien Giang Province, Poulo Dama (Phu Quoc Island) ( Attems 1938); Cambodia, Sihanoukville Province, Ream; Kampot Province, Phnom Bokor ( Attems 1938); Indonesia, East Java Province, Lumajang Regency, shore of Ranu (= lake) Bedali ( Attems 1930); West Java, Mt Pangrango; Krakatau; Karimon Djawa Island ( Chamberlin 1945).

Remarks.

This species has recently been redescribed ( Likhitrakarn et al. 2011), based both on type and non-type material. The species is widespread, probably due to anthropochory, especially along the coastal areas ranging from northern Vietnam down to southern Cambodia.