Hylomus rhinoceros
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Diplopoda
Order:
Polydesmida
Family:
Paradoxosomatidae
Genus:
Hylomus
Species:
H. rhinoceros
Binomial name
Hylomus rhinoceros
(Likhitrakarn, Golovatch, and Panha, 2015)
Synonyms

Desmoxytes rhinoceros Likhitrakarn, Golovatch, and Panha, 2015

Hylomus rhinoceros is an aposematic species of dragon millipede in the family Paradoxosomatidae.[1][2] It is only known from Champasak and Sekong Provinces in southern Laos.[2]

It was first described, along with H. rhinoparvus, in 2015.[3] Both species were discovered in Laos,[3] the first dragon millipedes identified there, H. rhinoceros in the south of the country and H. rhinoparvus in the north.[2] The holotype is in the Museum of Zoology, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.[2]

The body length is 17–24 mm (0.67–0.94 in) in males and 20–25 mm (0.79–0.98 in) in females. The color is dark red.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Hylomus rhinoceros (Likhitrakarn, Golovatch & Panha, 2015)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Aviss, Ben (20 March 2015). "Meet two new species of dragon millipede". BBC Online. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  3. 1 2 Likhitrakarn, Natdanai; Sergei I. Golovatch; Somsak Panha (2015). "Two new species of dragon millipedes, genus Desmoxytes Chamnerlin, 1923, from Laos (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae), with redescriptions of all four species of Attems from Vietnam". Zootaxa. 3931 (4): 483. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3931.4.2. ISSN 1175-5334.


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