original description
Srisonchai, R.; Enghoff, H.; Likhitrakarn, N.; Panha, S. (2018). A revision of dragon millipedes III: the new genus Gigaxytes gen. nov., with the description of three new species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> (463)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.463
page(s): page 24, figs 14–18, 24 [details] Available for editors 
Holotype CUB CUMZ-pxDGT00175, geounit Thailand [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Male femora 5, 6 and 7 with an apophysis. Similar in this respect to G. suratensis, but differs from this by having paraterga shorter; collum usually with 3+3 cones/spines (intermediate row); metaterga 2–8 usually with 4+4 cones/spines (anterior row), 3+3 cones/spines (intermediate row) and 3+3 cones/spines (posterior row); metaterga 9–19 usually with 5+5 cones/spines (anterior row), 5+5 cones/spines (intermediate row) and 5+5 cones/spines (posterior row). [details]