Sankaran P.M. 2023. On colour morphs of the millipede, Chondromorpha kelaarti (Humbert, 1865) (Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae) // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.32. No.2: 119–122 [in English].
Division of Arachnology, Department of Zoology, Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Cochin, Kerala 682 013, India. E-mail: pradeepmspala@rediffmail.com
doi: 10.15298/arthsel.32.2.02
ABSTRACT. Three colour morphs of Chondromorpha kelaarti (Humbert, 1865) are recognised: morph A with a brownish-black body colouration, morph B with a pale brown, and morph C with a black one. Morphometry of the three morphs is provided and variations in gonopod structure are discussed.
KEY WORDS: colour polymorphism, gonopod, taxonomy, variation.