Touranella hirsuta Golovatch, 2009

Golovatch, S. I., 2024, A new species and some new records of millipedes (Diplopoda) from southern Vietnam, Russian Entomological Journal 33 (3), pp. 407-413 : 408

Touranella hirsuta Golovatch, 2009

Figs 1–3 .

MATERIAL. 1 ♀ ( ZISP), Vietnam, Lam Dong Prov., Durong Distr., Bidoup – Nui Ba National Park, near field station, N 12º10′38.47″, E 108º40′49.28″, 1450–1500 m a.s.l., mid-montane mixed tropical forest, 26.X–11.XI.2023, D. Logunov leg.

REMARKS. Apparently , endemic to the Bidoup – Nui Ba National Park. Above is a strict topotype of this species [ Golovatch, 2009b], easily distinguishable from congeners by the clear, abundant and setigerous tuberculations on the metaterga ( Figs 1–3 ). The fresh ♀ measures ca 11 mm in length, and 1.0 and 1.2 mm in midbody width ( vs 10–11 mm in ♀ in length, as given in the original description) .

Figures

Figs 1–3. Touranella hirsuta Golovatch, 2009, ♀ from Bidoup – Nui Ba National Park, habitus, dorsal, lateral and ventral views, respectively. Photographs by K.V. Makarov, not taken to scale. Рис. 1–3. Touranella hirsuta Golovatch, 2009, ♀ иЗ национального парка Bidoup – Nui Ba, обЩий вид, соответственно сверху, сбоку и сниЗу. Фотографии К.В. Макарова, снЯто беЗ масштаба.