The present checklist is, therefore, compiled and updated with the latest classification and literature to accelerate the study on the millipede fauna of Indonesia. Due to the page limitation of the journal, the checklist has to be separated into several parts. Herein, we firstly present the catalogue of the infraclass Pentazonia. | ACADEMIA JOURNAL OF BIOLOGY 2023 45 4 11 40 DOI 2615-9023 18712 ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF MILLIPEDE OF THE INFRACLASS Pentazonia Myriapoda Diplopoda OF INDONESIA Anh D. Nguyen1 2 Katsuyuki Eguchi3 4 Petra Sierwald5 1 Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Ha Noi Vietnam 2 Graduate University of Science and Technology Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Ha Noi Vietnam 3 Faculty of Science Tokyo Metropolitan University Hachioji-shi Tokyo Prefecture Japan 4 Institute of Tropical Medicine Nagasaki University Nagasaki Prefecture Japan 5 Field Museum of Natural History 1400 S. Lakeshore Driver 60605 Chicago IL USA Received 26 August 2023 accepted 28 November 2023 ABSTRACT A comprehensive checklist of millipedes of the infraclass Pentazonia is compiled for Indonesia. A total of 80 species assigned to 11 genera three families and three orders has so far been recorded. Two genera are remarkably species-rich Castanotherium 36 species and Hyleoglomeris 15 species . Three genera Malayomeris Rajasphaera Leptoprotopus are monotypic. Most of the species are endemic recorded only in Indonesia 71 species . Keywords Bibliography biodiversity checklist fauna Indonesia Southeast Asia. Citation Anh D. Nguyen Katsuyuki Eguchi Petra Sierwald 2023. Annotated checklist of millipede of the infraclass Pentazonia Myriapoda Diplopoda of Indonesia. Academia Journal of Biology 45 4 11 40. https 2615-9023 18712 Corresponding author email or ndanh@ 11 Anh D. Nguyen et al. INTRODUCTION branches and play important roles as Located in Southeast Asia and Oceania mechanical decomposers in the healthy between the Indian and Pacific oceans nutrient cycle of terrestrial ecosystems. Their Indonesia is known as an island country activities accelerate the decay of organic consisting of over 17 000 islands including matter and return material and nutrients to .
