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Show 11 42. laminifer losbanosus New Var., Los Banos, laminifer samarus New Var., Samar; DuemaguetI, Luzo.n. N. Sp., Negros. Los Banos, Luzon. Chamberlin, Mindanao. Chamberlin, Luzon. 45. Spirostrophus socius Chamberlin, Luzon. (1) SpirostrophUSSocius socius Chamberlin, Los Banos, Luzon. (2) Spirostrophus SOCiUS samarus New Variety, Samarus. (3) Spirostrophus socius mindanaonus New Variety, Mindanao. 43. u 1111 (2) Trigoniulus (3) Trigoniulus Trigoniulus sp. 44. Plokamostropbus Plokamostrophus 46. Variulus mindanaonus N. mindanaonus luzonianus Sp., Mindanao. Spirostreptus punctilabium Newport, Philippines. 48. Spirostreptus foveatus Karsch, Philippines. 49. Spirostreptus moseleyi Pocock, Malamaui, Philippine Islands. 50. Thyropygus segmentatus Voges, Mindanao, Philippines and Borneo. 47. Thyropygus heterurus Silvestri, Mindanao. Julomorpha porathi Pocock, Philippines. 53. Metopidiothrix lacertosa Attems, Philippines. 54. Siphonophora luzoniensis Peters, Luzon. 51. 52. Diplopod Fauna of the Five Subdivisions of the Philippine Islands section, the Philippines are tentatively divided into five sub geographical point of view. An enumeration of the known diplopods of each As stated above in the third divisions from the of those subdivisions follows. following sixteen species are without a special locality but have been attributed to the Philippine fauna in general. (1) Zaphronia innominata Newport, (2) Castanotheroides porosus Pocock, (3) Cylindrodesmus hirsutus Pocock, (4) Orthomorpha bisulcata Pocock, (5) Spiro bolus hamatus Voges, (6) Spirobolus holosericus Voges, (7) Spirobolus unisulcatus Voges, (8) Spirobolus flavopunctatus Voges, (9) Spirobolus auratus Voges, (10) Spirobolus cupulifer Voges, (11) Spirobolus segmentatus Karsch, (12) Spirostreptus punctilabium Newport, (13) Spirostreptus foveatus Karsch, (14) Spirostreptus moseleyi Pocock, (15) Julomorpha porathi Pocock, (16) Metopidiothrix lacertosa Attems. The (1) Subdivision of the Mindanao Group. a wild region of mountainous plateaus and belt. typhoon Mindanao is a vast forest. It lies south of the Fourteen species are found in this subdivision, eight among them being peculiar to Mindanao, one extends even to Borneo. The eight species which are endemic to this division are: while Prionopeltis quatuor-puteus N. Sp., Prionopeltis infulatus N. Sp., Platyrhacus mindanaonus Sp., Acladocricus philippinus N. Sp., Plokamostrophus mindanaonus Chamberlin, Variulus mindanaonus N. Sp., Thyropygus segmentatus Voges, and Thyropygus heterurus Silvestri. Six species which are endemic to other subdivisions are: Castanotherium leium Chamberlin, Strongylosoma philippina Chamberlin, Prionopeltis montanus Chamberlin,PIatYrhacus mar garitiferous Gervais, Trigoniulus melanotelus Chamberlin, and Spirostrophus socius Cham N. berlin. Thyropygus segmentatus Voges extends to Borneo. The genera Variulus and Thyropygus are not found in other subdivisions of the Philippines. (2) Subdivision of the Palawan Group. This sliver-shaped island is 275 miles long but averages only fifteen miles wide. Palawan lies far to the west of the main Philippine chain of islands, and forms a link between the Philip pines and the East Indies. This mountainous island has scarcely any flat ground. |
