Zephronia phrain Likhitrakarn & Golovatch, 2021

Bhansali, Sneha & Wesener, Thomas, 2022, New Thai giant pill-millipede species, with new genetic barcoding data (Diplopoda Sphaerotheriida, Zephroniidae), Zootaxa 5105 (3), pp. 357-380 : 375-376

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5105.3.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6333449
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scientific name	Zephronia phrain Likhitrakarn & Golovatch
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Zephronia phrain Likhitrakarn & Golovatch in Likhitrakarn et al. 2021

New locality data: 1 ♂, SMF, Chiang Mai Province, Chiang Dao District 20 km NNE of Chiang Dao, Tham Houay Luk , 19°32'18''N, 99°2'44''E, 623 m, outside cave, by hand, leg. 26.VI.2014 GoogleMaps , P. Jäger & E. Grall ; 1 ♂, SMF, Chiang Mai Province, Chiang Dao District, Doi Chiang Dao, Ma Lee's Resort , 19°24'12''N, 98°55'34''E, 470 m, garden, by hand, by day and night, leg. 24–30.VI.2014 GoogleMaps , P. Jäger & E. Grall ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, SMF, Chiang Mai Province, Chai Prakan District, near Si Dong Yen, ThamNgam [=pretty cave], 19°39'19.46''N, 99°6'11.10''E, 660 m, inside cave and in front of cave, by day, by hand, leg. 29.VI.2014 GoogleMaps , P. Jäger & E. Grall ; 1 ♂, ZFMK MYR4907 View Materials , Chiang Mai, Chiang Dao , 19°23'54" N, 98°55'47" E, 448 m GoogleMaps ; 2 ♂♂, MHNG 5 View Materials G, Lamphun Province, Mae Tha District, Doi Khuntan National Park , 1100 m, evergreen hill forest, 18°29'35.83"N, 99°17'6.43"E, 8.X.1992, leg. A. Schwendinger GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂, MHNG 5 View Materials I, Province Chiang Mai, Chiang Dao District, Doi Chiang Dao , 400 m, 7.VII.1987, leg. P. Schwendinger ; 1 ♂, ZFMK MYR3499 View Materials , Chiang Mai Province, District Chiang Dao, Padeng Lodge , 03.VII.2014, leg. S. Huber ; 1 ♂, ZFMK MYR3500 View Materials , Chiang Mai Province and District, Doi Suthep , behind tourist market, 18°48'03'' N, 98°55'05'' E, 2040 m, leg. 29.VI.2014 GoogleMaps , S. Huber; 1 ♂, ZFMK MYR4907 View Materials , Chiang Mai Province, Chiang Dao , 19°23'54''N, 98°55'47'' E, 448 m, 14–16.VIII.2015 GoogleMaps .

Remarks. This species, as already mentioned previously ( Srisonchai et al. 2021), is more widespread than previously thought ( Fig. 2A View FIGURE 2 ). We observed a lot of intraspecific variation in the genetic barcode (Sup. file 1) as well as in the telopods of Z. phrain , so there might be cryptic species under this name.