Zephronia viridisoma Rosenmejer & Wesener, 2021

Srisonchai, Ruttapon, Sutcharit, Chirasak & Likhitrakarn, Natdanai, 2021, The giant pill-millipede genus Zephronia Gray, 1832 from Thailand, with a redescription of Z. siamensis Hirst, 1907 and descriptions of three new species (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Zephroniidae), ZooKeys 1067, pp. 19-56 : 19

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1067.72369
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AEAF44EE-2CCD-4E31-9CBC-A4C5ACB0E2EB
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scientific name	Zephronia viridisoma Rosenmejer & Wesener, 2021
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Zephronia viridisoma Rosenmejer & Wesener, 2021 View in CoL

Zephronia viridisoma Rosenmejer & Wesener, 2021 in Rosenmejer et al. 2021: 121.

Distribution and habitats.

The type locality is in Thailand (Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Sichon District, Khao Lark Waterfall, 9°03'"N, 99°47'"E). Khao Lark Waterfall = Khao Lak = near Si Khit Waterfall. The material was collected from a dense jungle in limestone areas ( Rosenmejer et al. 2021).

Remarks.

Only nine specimens have been collected and all were found to appear in a small area. This species can be regarded as endemic to southern Thailand.