A review of the dragon millipede genus Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923 in China, with descriptions of four new species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae)

Author

Weixin Liu
Sergei I. Golovatch
Mingyi Tian

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Publication Date

October 2014

Abstract

Four new species of Desmoxytes are described from southern China: D. lingulata sp. n., D. parvula sp. n., and D. nodulosa sp. n., from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and D. getuhensis sp. n. from Guizhou Province. In addition, new records of D. scutigeroides Golovatch, Geoffroy & Mauriès, 2010 and D. scolopendroides Golovatch, Geoffroy & Mauriès, 2010 are provided, with a modified key to Desmoxytes species currently known to occur in China. Two of the new species, D. nodulosa sp. n. and D. getuhensis sp. n., seem to be troglobites.

Keywords

Diplopod, Desmoxytes, New Species, Cave, Troglobite, Key, China

Document Type

Article

Notes

Zookeys, Vol. 448 (2014-10-20).

Identifier

K26-05259

Recommended Citation

Liu, Weixin; Golovatch, Sergei I.; and Tian, Mingyi, "A review of the dragon millipede genus Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923 in China, with descriptions of four new species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae)" (2014). KIP Articles. 4502.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/kip_articles/4502