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Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923
891424 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:891424)
accepted
Genus
Desmoxytes coniger Chamberlin, 1923 accepted as Desmoxytes planata (Pocock, 1895) (type by original designation)
Ceylonesmus Chamberlin, 1941 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Pratinus Attems, 1937 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Prionopeltis Pocock, 1895 · unaccepted (preoccupied by Prionopeltis...)
preoccupied by Prionopeltis Hawle&Corda, 1847, Trilobita
Pteroxytes Jeekel, 1980 · unaccepted (senior subjective synonym)
- Species Desmoxytes aurata Srisonchai, Enghoff & Panha, 2018
- Species Desmoxytes breviverpa Srisonchai, Enghoff & Panha, 2016
- Species Desmoxytes cervina (Pocock, 1895)
- Species Desmoxytes corythosaurus Srisonchai, Enghoff & Panha, 2018
- Species Desmoxytes delfae (Jeekel, 1964)
- Species Desmoxytes des Srisonchai, Enghoff & Panha, 2016
- Species Desmoxytes euros Srisonchai, Enghoff & Panha, 2018
- Species Desmoxytes flabella Srisonchai, Enghoff & Panha, 2018
- Species Desmoxytes golovatchi Srisonchai, Enghoff & Panha, 2018
- Species Desmoxytes octoconigera Srisonchai, Enghoff & Panha, 2018
- Species Desmoxytes perakensis Srisonchai, Enghoff & Panha, 2018
- Species Desmoxytes pinnasquali Srisonchai, Enghoff & Panha, 2016
- Species Desmoxytes planata (Pocock, 1895)
- Species Desmoxytes purpurosea Enghoff, Surachit & Panha, 2007
- Species Desmoxytes takensis Srisonchai, Enghoff & Panha, 2016
- Species Desmoxytes taurina (Pocock, 1895)
- Species Desmoxytes terae (Jeekel, 1964)
- Species Desmoxytes waepyanensis Srisonchai, Enghoff & Panha, 2018
- Species Desmoxytes acantherpestes Golovatch & Enghoff, 1994 accepted as Nagaxytes acantherpestes (Golovatch & Enghoff, 1994)
- Species Desmoxytes aspera (Attems, 1937) accepted as Hylomus asper (Attems, 1937) (old combination)
- Species Desmoxytes bicolor (Carl, 1902) accepted as Pratinus bicolor (Carl, 1902)
- Species Desmoxytes cattienensis Nguyen, Golovatch & Anichkin, 2005 accepted as Hylomus cattienensis (Nguyen, Golovatch & Anichkin, 2005) (old combination)
- Species Desmoxytes cervaria (Attems, 1953) accepted as Hylomus cervarius (Attems, 1953) (old combination)
- Species Desmoxytes coniger Chamberlin, 1923 accepted as Desmoxytes planata (Pocock, 1895) (To be a synonym of Desmoxytes planata)
- Species Desmoxytes cornuta (Zhang & Li, 1982) accepted as Hylomus cornutus (Zhang & Li, 1982)
- Species Desmoxytes draco (Cook & Loomis, 1924) accepted as Hylomus draco Cook & Loomis, 1924
- Species Desmoxytes enghoffi Nguyen, Golovatch & Anichkin, 2005 accepted as Hylomus enghoffi (Nguyen, Golovatch & Anichkin, 2005)
- Species Desmoxytes eupterygota Golovatch, Li, Liu & Goeffroy, 2012 accepted as Hylomus eupterygotus (Golovatch, Li, Lui & Geoffroy, 2012)
- Species Desmoxytes getuhensis Liu, Golovatch & Tian, 2014 accepted as Hylomus getuhensis (Liu, Golovatch & Tian, 2014)
- Species Desmoxytes gigas Golovatch & Enghoff, 1994 accepted as Gigaxytes gigas (Golovatch & Enghoff, 1994)
- Species Desmoxytes grandis Golovatch, VandenSpiegel & Semenyuk, 2016 accepted as Hylomus grandis (Golovatch, VandenSpiegel & Semenyuk, 2016)
- Species Desmoxytes greeni (Silvestri, 1892) accepted as Desmoxytes planata (Pocock, 1895) (To be a synonym of Desmoxytes planata)
- Species Desmoxytes hostilis Golovatch & Enghoff, 1994 accepted as Hylomus hostilis (Golovatch & Enghoff, 1994)
- Species Desmoxytes jeekeli Golovatch & Enghoff, 1994 accepted as Hylomus jeekeli (Golovatch & Enghoff, 1994)
- Species Desmoxytes laticollis Liu, Golovatch & Tian, 2016 accepted as Hylomus laticollis (Liu, Golovatch & Tian, 2016)
- Species Desmoxytes lingulata Liu, Golovatch & Tian, 2014 accepted as Hylomus lingulatus (Liu, Golovatch & Tian, 2014)
- Species Desmoxytes longispina (Loksa, 1960) accepted as Hylomus longispinus (Locksa, 1960)
- Species Desmoxytes lui Golovatch, Li, Lui & Geoffroy, 2012 accepted as Hylomus lui (Golovatch, Li, Liu & Geoffroy, 2012)
- Species Desmoxytes minutubercula (Zhang, 1986) accepted as Hylomus minituberculus (Zhang, 1986)
- Species Desmoxytes nodulosa Liu, Golovatch & Tian, 2014 accepted as Hylomus nodulosus (Liu, Golovatch & Tian, 2014)
- Species Desmoxytes parvula Liu, Golovatch & Tian, 2014 accepted as Hylomus parvulus (Liu, Golovatch & Tian, 2014)
- Species Desmoxytes phasmoides Liu, Golovatch & Tian, 2016 accepted as Hylomus phasmoides (Liu, Golovatch & Tian, 2016)
- Species Desmoxytes philippina Nguyen & Sierwald, 2010 accepted as Euphyodesmus philippina (Nguyen & Sierwald, 2010)
- Species Desmoxytes pilosa (Attems, 1937) accepted as Hylomus pilosus (Attems, 1937)
- Species Desmoxytes proxima Nguyen, Golovatch & Anichkin, 2006 accepted as Hylomus proximus (Nguyen, Golovatch & Anichkin, 2005)
- Species Desmoxytes pterygota Golovatch & Enghoff, 1994 accepted as Desmoxytes cervina (Pocock, 1895)
- Species Desmoxytes rastrituberus (Zhang, 1986) accepted as Desmoxytes planata (Pocock, 1895) (To be a synonym of Desmoxytes planata)
- Species Desmoxytes rhinoceros Likhitrakarn, Golovatch & Panha, 2015 accepted as Hylomus rhinoceros (Likhitrakarn, Golovatch & Panha, 2015)
- Species Desmoxytes rhinoparva Likhitrakarn, Golovatch & Panha, 2015 accepted as Hylomus rhinoparvus (Likhitrakarn, Golovatch & Panha, 2015)
- Species Desmoxytes rubra Golovatch & Enghoff, 1994 accepted as Desmoxytes delfae (Jeekel, 1964)
- Species Desmoxytes scolopendroides Golovatch, Geoffroy & Mauriès, 2010 accepted as Hylomus scolopendroides (Golovatch, Geoffraoy & Mauriès, 2010)
- Species Desmoxytes scutigeroides Golovatch, Geoffroy & Mauriès, 2010 accepted as Hylomus scutigeroides (Golovatch, Geoffraoy & Mauriès, 2010)
- Species Desmoxytes similis Liu, Golovatch & Tian, 2016 accepted as Hylomus similis (Liu, Golovatch & Tian, 2016)
- Species Desmoxytes simplex Golovatch, VandenSpiegel & Semenyuk, 2016 accepted as Hylomus simplex (Golovatch, VandenSpiegel & Semenyuk, 2016)
- Species Desmoxytes simplipoda Liu, Golovatch & Tian, 2016 accepted as Hylomus simplipodus (Liu, Golovatch & Tian, 2016)
- Species Desmoxytes specialis Nguyen, Golovatch & Anichkin, 2005 accepted as Hylomus specialis (Nguyen, Golovatch & Anichkin, 2005)
- Species Desmoxytes spectabilis (Attems, 1937) accepted as Hylomus spectabilis (Attems, 1937)
- Species Desmoxytes spinissima Golovatch, Li, Lui & Geoffroy, 2012 accepted as Hylomus spinissimus (Golovatch, Li, Lui & Geoffroy, 2012)
- Species Desmoxytes spiniterga Liu, Golovatch & Tian, 2016 accepted as Hylomus spinitergus (Liu, Golovatch & Tian, 2016)
- Species Desmoxytes variabilis Liu, Golovatch & Tian, 2016 accepted as Hylomus variabilis (Liu, Golovatch & Tian, 2016)
- Species Desmoxytes vector (Chamberlin, 1941) accepted as Desmoxytes planata (Pocock, 1895) (To be a synonym of Desmoxytes planata)
feminine
Chamberlin, R. V. (1923). Two Diplopod immigrants taken at Honolulu. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 36: 165-168
page(s): 165 [details]
page(s): 165 [details]
Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2024). MilliBase. Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923. Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=891424 on 2025-04-19
original description
Chamberlin, R. V. (1923). Two Diplopod immigrants taken at Honolulu. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 36: 165-168
page(s): 165 [details]
original description (of Ceylonesmus Chamberlin, 1941) Chamberlin, R. V. (1941). New polydesmoid diplopods intercepted at quarantine. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 43(2): 32-35
page(s): 33 [details]
original description (of Pratinus Attems, 1937) Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1937). Myriapoda 3. Polydesmoidea I. Fam. Strongylosomidae. Das Tierreich, 68: 1-300. Berlin, Leipzig
page(s): 113 [details]
original description (of Prionopeltis Pocock, 1895) Pocock, R. I. (1895). Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. LXVII. The Myriopoda of Burma, Pt. IV. Report upon the Polydesmoidea collected by Sig. L. Fea, Mr. E. W. Oates and others. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova, serie 2.</em> 14: 787-834. Genova., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7940827
page(s): 828 [details]
original description (of Pteroxytes Jeekel, 1980) Jeekel, C. A. W. (1980). The generic allocation of some little-known Paradoxosomatidae from South-ast Asia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). Revue suisse de zoologie, 87: 651-670. Genève
page(s): 655 [details]
status 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): page 17, figs 5-7; note: Provide detail diagnosis [details]
identification resource Golovatch, S.; Li, Y.; Liu, W.; Geoffroy, J.-J. (2012). Three new cavernicolous species of dragon millipedes, genus Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923, from southern China, with notes on a formal congener from the Philippines (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 185: 1-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.185.3082
page(s): 13; note: Key to species currently known to occur in China. [details]
page(s): 165 [details]
original description (of Ceylonesmus Chamberlin, 1941) Chamberlin, R. V. (1941). New polydesmoid diplopods intercepted at quarantine. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 43(2): 32-35
page(s): 33 [details]
original description (of Pratinus Attems, 1937) Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1937). Myriapoda 3. Polydesmoidea I. Fam. Strongylosomidae. Das Tierreich, 68: 1-300. Berlin, Leipzig
page(s): 113 [details]
original description (of Prionopeltis Pocock, 1895) Pocock, R. I. (1895). Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. LXVII. The Myriopoda of Burma, Pt. IV. Report upon the Polydesmoidea collected by Sig. L. Fea, Mr. E. W. Oates and others. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova, serie 2.</em> 14: 787-834. Genova., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7940827
page(s): 828 [details]
original description (of Pteroxytes Jeekel, 1980) Jeekel, C. A. W. (1980). The generic allocation of some little-known Paradoxosomatidae from South-ast Asia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). Revue suisse de zoologie, 87: 651-670. Genève
page(s): 655 [details]
status 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): page 17, figs 5-7; note: Provide detail diagnosis [details]
identification resource Golovatch, S.; Li, Y.; Liu, W.; Geoffroy, J.-J. (2012). Three new cavernicolous species of dragon millipedes, genus Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923, from southern China, with notes on a formal congener from the Philippines (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 185: 1-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.185.3082
page(s): 13; note: Key to species currently known to occur in China. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
