Flag for Taxon: Long-flange Millipede (Orthomorpha coarctata)
| Flagger | Content Author | Content | Reason | Flag Created | Resolved by | Resolution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| andaman | Long-flange Millipede (Orthomorpha coarctata) |
Genus change for this species to Asiomorpha |
Aug. 11, 2023 05:07:08 +0000 | Not Resolved |
Comments
this has flip flopped multiple times as you say, see https://www.inaturalist.org/flags/299990 and https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes?taxon_id=308046
until/if MilliBase changes again, we should keep in this genus for now
Ok
Not strictly about this flag but I figure it's a decent place to bring it up - there are currently 500+ observations of Asiomorpha at genus level. I'm presuming that these are likely all supposed to be of O. coarctata, given that neither of the two current Asiomorpha species have any sightings. But also, what's with these other two species if Asiomorpha was supposed to be monotypic??
Although this species was threatened as Orthomorpha in both gbif and millibase but the study of Likhitrakarn et al. (2023) (an updated catalogue of the millipedes (Diplopoda) of Thailand) said that "this pantropical synanthropic species belongs to a monotypic genus, having been redescribed several times and recently revised by Likhitrakarn et al. (2011). The species has often been classified in the genus Orthomorpha, but because Likhitrakarn et al. (2019) have demonstrated that Asiomorpha coarctatais sufficiently distinct, both genetically and morpholo-gically, from Orthomorphaspecies, they agree it is better to be treated it as a member of the distinct monospecific genus Asiomorpha. See Nguyen and Sierwald (2013) for full synonym."