Orthomorpha insularis Pocock 1895
Creators: name: Likhitrakarn, Natdanai
name: Jirapatrasilp, Parin
name: Golovatch, Sergei I.
name: Panha, Somsak
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Diplopoda
Polydesmida
Paradoxosomatidae
Orthomorpha
Orthomorpha insularis

description: 70. Orthomorpha insularis Pocock, 1895
Orthomorpha insularis Pocock, 1895: 817 (D).
Orthomorpha insularis — Attems, 1898: 339 (L, K); 1914: 238 (L); Jeekel, 1963b: 265 (L); 1964b: 361 (M, K); 1965a: 96 (M); 1968: 56 (M); 1970: 293 (D); Hoffman, 1973b: 363 (L); 1977: 700 (L); Golovatch, 1998: 42 (M, K); Likhitrakarn et al., 2011: 107 (D, R, K); Nguyen and Sierwald, 2013: 1251 (L).
Orthomorpha (Orthomorpha) karschi insularis — Attems 1936: 199 (D, R); 1937: 71 (D).
Orthomorpha clivicola Pocock, 1895: 819 (D), synonymized by Jeekel (1970: 293).
Orthomorpha clivicola — Attems, 1898: 338 (L, K); 1914: 238 (L); 1936: 204 (L); 1937: 93 (L); Jeekel, 1963b: 265 (L); 1964b: 361 (M); 1965a: 96 (M); 1968: 56 (M).
Orthomorpha palonensis Pocock 1895: 820 (D), synonymized by Jeekel (1970: 293).
Orthomorpha palonensis — Attems, 1898: 339 (L, K); 1914: 238 (L); 1936: 205 (L); 1937: 94 (L); Jeekel, 1963b: 265 (L); 1964b: 361 (M); 1965a: 96 (M); 1968: 56 (M).
Orthomorpha monticola Pocock, 1895: 820 (D), synonymized by Jeekel (1970: 293).
Orthomorpha monticola — Attems, 1898: 339 (L, K); 1914: 238 (L); 1936: 205 (L); 1937: 94 (L); Jeekel, 1963b: 265 (L); 1964b: 361 (M, K); 1965a: 96 (M); 1968: 56 (M).
Orthomorpha gestri Pocock, 1895: 820 (D), synonymized by Jeekel (1970: 293).
Orthomorpha Gestri — Attems, 1898: 339 (L, K); 1914: 238 (L).
Orthomorpha gestri — Attems, 1936: 205 (L); 1937: 94 (L); Jeekel, 1963b: 265 (L); 1964b: 361 (M); 1965a: 96 (M); 1968: 56 (M).
Orthomorpha (Orthomorpha) karschii intercedens Attems, 1937: 71 (D), synonymized by Jeekel (1970: 293).
Orthomorpha intercedens — Jeekel, 1963b: 265 (L); 1964b: 361 (M); 1968: 56 (M); Enghoff, 2005: 97 (R, M); Decker, 2010: 31 (R, M).
New material: 2 males (CUMZ), Myanmar, Tanintharyi Region, Lenya City, Buddha Cave, 11˚13′46″N, 99˚10′34″E, 65 m a.s.l., 0 2.0 6.2015, leg. C. Sutcharit, W. Siriwut and R. Srisonchai; 1 female (CUMZ), same Region, Myeik, Kala, 11˚27′44″N, 99˚0′16″E, 5 m a.s.l., 0 5.0 4.2016, leg. C. Sutcharit and R. Srisonchai.
Records from Myanmar: Reef Island (Tavoy); Mount Mooleyit, 1,800–1,900 m; the village of Puepoli, Carin Chebà, 900– 1,000 m; Carin Chebà (Bia-Po); Thagata at the foot of Mount Mooleyit; Palon in Pegu; Kokareet (Tenasserim) (Pocock 1895); Thingannyinaung-Myawadi, ca 900 feet; Tavoy, Lower Burma; hills dividing Burma from Siam (Attems 1936). Based on a large number of syntypes of both sexes, in the London Museum (Pocock 1895). Revised from non-type material by Jeekel (1970) and Likhitrakarn et al. (2011).
Remark. Also found in Thailand (Enghoff 2005; Decker 2010, Likhitrakarn et al. 2011).
This species is widespread in northern and northwestern Thailand and in the adjacent parts of Myanmar (Likhitrakarn et al. 2011).
description: Published as part of Likhitrakarn, Natdanai, Jirapatrasilp, Parin, Golovatch, Sergei I. & Panha, Somsak, 2017, A checklist of the millipedes (Diplopoda) of Myanmar, with an updated list of Leonardo Fea's collecting localities, pp. 1-46 in Zootaxa 4350 (1) on pages 22-23, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4350.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1050931