original description
Liu, W.; Wynne, J. J. (2019). Cave millipede diversity with the description of six new species from Guangxi, China. <em>Subterranean Biology.</em> 30: 57-94., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.30.35559
page(s): 75, Figs 3D, 13, 14 [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology The species name, jianjia (肩甲), is used as a noun in apposition. This phrase was used to denote the well-developed paraterga, which covers the millipede’s legs much like the pauldrons of body armor cover the shoulder of the warrior. [details]