Chamberlinius is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Paradoxosomatidae. There are five species; 3 of which occur only Taiwan, one only in the Ryukyu Islands of southeast Japan, and one occurring in both areas. Individuals are 25–37 mm (0.98–1.46 in) long and up to 5.5 mm wide, colored in pale yellow to brown, sometimes with dark brown markings on the anterior portion of body segments.[1]
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Genus: | Chamberlinius Wang, 1956
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Chamberlinius hualienensis Wang, 1956
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Species
editSpecies[2] | Taxon author[2] | Geographic range[2] |
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Chamberlinius hualienensis | Wang, 1956 | Taiwan, Japan (Ryukyu Islands) |
Chamberlinius pessior | Chen et al., 2011 | Taiwan |
Chamberlinius piceofasciatus | (Gressitt, 1941) | Taiwan |
Chamberlinius sublaevus | Chen et al., 2011 | Taiwan |
Chamberlinius uenoi | (Murakami, 1975) | Japan (Ryukyu Islands) |
References
edit- ^ Chen, Chao-Chun; Golovatch, Sergei; Chang, Hsueh-Wen; Chen, Shyh-Hwang (2011). "Revision of the Taiwanese millipede genus Chamberlinius Wang, 1956, with descriptions of two new species and a reclassification of the tribe Chamberlinini (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae, Paradoxosomatinae)". ZooKeys (98): 1–27. doi:10.3897/zookeys.98.1183. PMC 3095131. PMID 21594069.
- ^ a b c Nguyen, A. D. & Sierwald, P. (2013). "A worldwide catalog of the family Paradoxosomatidae Daday, 1889 (Diplopoda: Polydesmida)". CheckList. 9 (6): 1132–1353. doi:10.15560/9.6.1132.