Chamberlinius

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]

Chamberlinius
Chamberlinius uenoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Diplopoda
Order:
Polydesmida
Family:
Paradoxosomatidae
Genus:
Chamberlinius

Wang, 1956
Type species
Chamberlinius hualienensis
Wang, 1956

Species
Species[2] Taxon author[2] Geographic range[2]
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)
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References
  1. 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.
  2. 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. Archived from the original on 2017-09-11. Retrieved 2015-07-20.


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