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Desmoxytes delfae (Jeekel, 1964)
946261 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:946261)
accepted
Species
Desmoxytes rubra Golovatch & Enghoff, 1994 · unaccepted
Pratinus delfae Jeekel, 1964 · unaccepted
(of Pratinus delfae Jeekel, 1964) Jeekel, C. A. W. (1964). Two new species of Pratinus Attems, with taxonomoc notes on the genus and a redescription of its type-species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). Beaufortia, 11(137): 61-73. Amsterdam
page(s): 66 [details]
page(s): 66 [details]
Holotype NHMUK, geounit Thailand
Holotype NHMUK, geounit Thailand [details]
Distribution The species has been recorded from Southern Thailand: Krabi Province, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Phatthalung Province,...
Distribution The species has been recorded from Southern Thailand: Krabi Province, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Phatthalung Province, Satun Province, Songkhla Province, Surat Thani Province, Trang Province, Yala Province [details]
Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2024). MilliBase. Desmoxytes delfae (Jeekel, 1964). Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=946261 on 2024-12-24
original description
(of Desmoxytes rubra Golovatch & Enghoff, 1994) Golovatch, S. I.; Enghoff, H. (1994). Review of the dragon millipede, genus Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). Steenstrupia, 20(2): 1-71. Copenhagen
page(s): 53 [details]
original description (of Pratinus delfae Jeekel, 1964) Jeekel, C. A. W. (1964). Two new species of Pratinus Attems, with taxonomoc notes on the genus and a redescription of its type-species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). Beaufortia, 11(137): 61-73. Amsterdam
page(s): 66 [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. 59, figs 29-35; note: New distributional records [details]
page(s): 53 [details]
original description (of Pratinus delfae Jeekel, 1964) Jeekel, C. A. W. (1964). Two new species of Pratinus Attems, with taxonomoc notes on the genus and a redescription of its type-species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). Beaufortia, 11(137): 61-73. Amsterdam
page(s): 66 [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. 59, figs 29-35; note: New distributional records [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Differs from congeners in the combination of the following characters; sternal lobe between male coxae 4 thick and stout, round/ subtrapeziform/ subrectangular; lamina lateralis (ll) swollen, round crest-like, laterally with a distinct and wide furrow, mesally with deep subsided surface; process (plm) of lamina medialis short, distally curving dorsad, tip blunt. [details]Distribution The species has been recorded from Southern Thailand: Krabi Province, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Phatthalung Province, Satun Province, Songkhla Province, Surat Thani Province, Trang Province, Yala Province [details]
Habitat All specimens were collected by us from limestone habitats (the recorded locations in previous papers are also limestone); most specimens were seen crawling on leaf litter and climbing on branches of trees [details]
