original description
Srisonchai, R.; Enghoff, H.; Likhitrakarn, N.; Panha, S. (2016). Four colorful new species of dragon millipedes, genus Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923, from northern Thailand (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4170(1): 93., available online at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27701275
page(s): 95; note: Figs 1A-B, 2-4 [details]
additional source
Srisonchai R, Enghoff H, Likhitrakarn N & Panha S. (2018). A revision of dragon millipedes I: genus Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923, with the description of eight new species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). <em>Zookeys.</em> (761): 1-177., available online at http://doi: 10.3897/zookeys.761.24214
page(s): p. 71, fig. 36 [details]
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Diagnosis Differs from all other Desmoxytes species by the combination of the following characters: paraterga knife-like; lateral sulcus (ls) of gonopod shallow; lamina lateralis (ll) separated into two ridges by a deep and wide furrow; process (plm) of lamina medialis long and thin, lamellar, tip dentate or crenate; distal lobe (dlm) of lamina medialis quite long, tip directed ventroanteriad; caudal margin of hypoproct concave or truncate. [details]
Distribution It is considered to be endemic species for Thailand [details]
Remark This species exhibits some variation in the gonopods: the tip of process (plm) of lamina lateralis is dentate in some specimens, crenate in others. [details]
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