Golovatch S.I. 2009. On several new or poorly-known Oriental Paradoxosomatidae (Diplopoda: Polydesmida), VIII // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.18. No.1–2: 1–7 [in English].
Institute for Problems of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prospekt 33, Moscow 117071 Russia.
KEY WORDS: Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae, taxonomy, new species, China, Vietnam.
ABSTRACT. This contribution is devoted to descriptions of Parorthomorpha panda sp.n. and Streptogonopus jeekeli sp.n., both from central China, of as well as Touranella peculiaris sp.n., from south-central Vietnam. Nedyopus dawydoffiae (Attems, 1953) is redescribed in due detail based on new, near-topotypic material from Vietnam.