original description
Korsós, Zoltán; Lazányi, Eszter. (2013). Three new species of the millipede genus Nepalmatoiulus (Diplopoda Julidae) from Taiwan and Japan, with notes in its biogeography. edaphologia, 92: 1-16, available online at https://doi.org/10.20695/edaphologia.92.0_1
page(s): 5, Figs 7–12, 19–21, 28–30, 33–35, 38 [details]
Holotype NSMT NSMT-My 462, geounit Japan [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology The species is named after the Yaeyama Islands, a group name for the southernmost Ryukyu Islands (close to Taiwan), including Iriomote-jima, Ishigaki-jima, and Kohama-jima islands where the species was found. [details]