Anh D. Nguyen, Petra Sierwald & Zoltán Korsós

Abstract. The paper deals with the paradoxosomatid specimens of the Philippines housed in the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, USA. A total of 17 species have been recorded, of which 11 are described as new to science, namely Euphyodesmus simplex, new species, Eustrongylosoma amuyaomontis, new species, Eustrongylosoma erectispinum, new species, Eustrongylosoma peniculum, new species, Eustrongylosoma pterygotum, new species, Eustrongylosoma reductum, new species, Eustrongylosoma tuberculatum, new species, Luzonomorpha weberi, new species, Tectoporus lobus, new species, Tectoporus pilosus, new species, and Tectoporus retrospinosus, new species. Together with previous records, the number of paradoxosomatid species of the Philippines has currently increased to 24.

Key words. diversity, taxonomy, museum specimens, new species, islands, Southeast Asia

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