Rhopalomeris carnifex ( Pocock, 1889 )

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, Zootaxa 4350 (1), pp. 1-46 : 6

13. Rhopalomeris carnifex ( Pocock, 1889)

Glomeris carnifex Pocock, 1889: 290 (D).

Glomeris carnifex var. pallida Pocock, 1889: 290 (D).

Glomeris carnifex— Pocock, 1890b: 385 (R); Attems, 1914: 138 (L).

Glomeris carnifex var. pallida— Attems, 1914: 138 (L).

“ Glomeris ” bicolor— Verhoeff, 1906: 190 (R).

Rhopalomeris bicolor— Verhoeff, 1906: 189 (M).

Rhopalomeris carnifex— Silvestri, 1917: 142 (D); Attems, 1936: 194 (R); Enghoff, 2005: 88 (R); Decker, 2010: 24 (R); Golovatch et al., 2011: 6 (D); Golovatch and Semenyuk, 2016: 414 (M, K).

Rhopalomeris carnifex var. pallida— Silvestri, 1917: 143 (D); Attems, 1936: 194 (L).

Records from Myanmar: South Tenasserim ( Pocock 1889); Malwoon in Tenasserim ( Pocock 1890b); Elphinstone Island ( Pocock 1889); Moulmein ( Attems 1936); Thatay Kyun (= Pulo Ru, Ko Son), Taninthay Division, Tanintharyi Region, 9˚56´20˝ N, 98˚32´22˝ E ( Decker 2010). Nine syntypes of both sexes (from Elphinstone Island) are probably in the London Museum ( Pocock 1889).

Remarks. Also found in Malaysia ( Verhoeff 1906) and Thailand ( Enghoff 2005; Decker 2010). The taxonomic problems referring to Rhopalomeris Verhoff, 1906 viz-à-viz Hyleoglomeris Verhoeff, 1910 have recently been clarified (Golovatch et al. 2011).