This first part covers the millipedes that have been identified and described from Thai caves. It has been updated in October 2013 to include the
Trachyjulus species.
Cave millipedes in CM0208 Tham Luang Mae Sap, Chiang MaiDiplopoda: Polydesmida: Haplodesmidae
Eutrichodesmus cavernicola (Sinclair, 1901)
The two type localities are YA0007 Tham Mued (Gua Glap); Yala: Muang: Ban Na Tham: Wat Tham Khuha Pimak N06.528051° E101.226280° altitude.: 71m and YA0040 Tham Gua Tanan; Yala: Muang
Eutrichodesmus gremialis (Hoffman, 1982)
The type locality is CM0174, an unnamed cave in the Chiang Dao Wildlife Sanctuary, but the co-ordinates in Enghoff (2005) place the cave at the edge of the hills to the east of Chiang Dao town.
Deharveng & Bedos (2000) record that the species has also recorded from CM0001
Tham Chiang Dao: Chiang Mai: Chiang Dao: Wat Tham Chiang Dao: Chiang Dao Wildlife Sanctuary N19.393904° E098.927781° altitude: 460m
Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae
Desmoxytes purpurosea Enghoff, Sutcharit & Panha, 2007
The type and only known locality is in the doline at UT0038 Tham Tham Hup Pa Tard: Uthai Thani: Lan Sak: Khao Pla Ra Non-hunting Area N15.375530° E099.630716° altitude: 115m. It has not been recorded from underground.
Tylopus bispinosus Likhitrakarn, Golovatch, Prateepasen & Panha, 2010