original description(ofDesmoxytes proxima Nguyen, Golovatch & Anichkin, 2006)Nguyen Duc, A.; Golovatch, S. I.; Anichkin, A. E. (2005). The dragon millipedes in Vietnam (Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae, genus Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923). Arthropoda Selecta, 14(3): 251-257 page(s): 252 [details]
new combination referenceSrisonchai 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 athttp://doi: 10.3897/zookeys.761.24214 page(s): 11 [details]
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