The predominantly Indochinese to southern Chinese millipede genus presently comprises 76 described species, including two new, and , both described and illustrated based on material from a limestone mountain in Taunggyi District, Shan State, Myanmar. Both new species have been found to occur syntopically near limestone caves and are assumed to be narrowly endemic to the Taunggyi Mountains, southwestern Shan State, Myanmar. A key to all six species known to occur in Myanmar is provided, and their distributions are also mapped.

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