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Desmoxytes octoconigera Srisonchai, Enghoff & Panha, 2018
1313276 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1313276)
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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. 99, figs 55-60; note: Endemic to Thailand [details]
page(s): p. 99, figs 55-60; note: Endemic to Thailand [details]
Holotype CUB, geounit Thailand
Holotype CUB, geounit Thailand [details]
Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2024). MilliBase. Desmoxytes octoconigera Srisonchai, Enghoff & Panha, 2018. Accessed at: https://millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1313276 on 2024-04-19
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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. 99, figs 55-60; note: Endemic to Thailand [details]
page(s): p. 99, figs 55-60; note: Endemic to Thailand [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Differs from all other Desmoxytes species by the combination of the following characters; collum with three rows of 5+5 anterior, 1(2)+1(2) intermediate, and 3+3 posterior setiferous tubercles; metaterga 2–8 with two rows of 3+3 (anterior row) and 3+3 (posterior row) setiferous cones; metaterga 9–17 with two rows of 4(3)+4(3) (anterior row) and 4(5)+4(5) (posterior row) setiferous cones; sternal cone between male coxae 4 incompletely bilobed, cordiform; lateral lamella of distal lobe (dlm) on lamina medialis broad and thin, demarcated from broad lobe (blm) by a deep indentation. [details]Habitat The animals were crawling on litter inside rock holes; some specimens were seen crawling on rock walls near the cave [details]
Remark There is considerable variation in tip of process (plm) of lamina medialis within populations. The process tip in some specimens is bifurcate as two small spines whereas in other specimens it may be relatively blunt. [details]
