Antheromorpha festiva ( Brölemann, 1896 )

Nguyen, Anh D., Nguyen, Thu Anh T., Le, Anh H., Le, Son X. & Tran, Binh T. T., 2025, An updated checklist of the millipedes of Vietnam and research perspectives (Arthropoda, Diplopoda), Zootaxa 5649 (1), pp. 1-71 : 39

Antheromorpha festiva ( Brölemann, 1896)

Orthomorpha festiva Brölemann, 1896: 332 , fig. 1 (D); Attems 1914: 195 (L); Attems 1930a: 131, in key

Orthomorpha (Orthomorpha) festiva :— Attems 1936: 199 (L); Attems 1937: 69 (L); Jeekel 1963b: 269 (L).

Antheromorpha festiva :— Jeekel 1968: 57; Golovatch 1983b: 181 (L); Enghoff et al. 2004: 39 (L); Nguyen & Sierwald 2013: 1234 (L); Likhitrakarn et al. 2016: 45 , figs 16–18, 21 (RD); Likhitrakarn et al. 2019b: 80 , fig. 1 (L).

Type specimens. MHNH.

Records from Vietnam. Dak Lak Prov. (Yok Don NP); Dong Nai Prov. (Cat Tien NP); Tay Ninh Prov. (Lo Go—Xa Mat NP); Kien Giang Prov. (U Minh Thuong NP) ( Likhitrakarn et al. 2019b; Nguyen et al. 2018a).

Distribution. The species seems to be widely Distributed throughout Indochina ( Likhitrakarn et al. 2019b; Nguyen et al. 2018a). The species starts swarming in the autumn, just before the dry season; swarms contain hundreds of millipedes slowly moving around and feeding ( Likhitrakarn et al. 2019b).