''Tonkinbolus'' is a
genus
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of
millipede
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s in the family
Pachybolidae. It contains species found in
Myanmar
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and
Vietnam
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.
The species ''
Tonkinbolus caudulanus'' was described by
Karsch in 1881, and the genus was named by
Verhoeff in 1938.
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Species
*'' Tonkinbolus caudulanus''
*'' Tonkinbolus dollfusi''
*'' Tonkinbolus scaber''
References
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Spirobolida
Millipede families