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Desmoxytes waepyanensis Srisonchai, Enghoff & Panha, 2018
1314251 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1314251)
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Species
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. 161, figs 93-98 [details]
page(s): p. 161, figs 93-98 [details]
Holotype CUB, geounit Myanmar
Holotype CUB, geounit Myanmar [details]
Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Desmoxytes waepyanensis Srisonchai, Enghoff & Panha, 2018. Accessed at: https://millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1314251 on 2025-09-11
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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. 161, figs 93-98 [details]
page(s): p. 161, figs 93-98 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Differs from all congeners by having: metaterga 2–8 with two rows of 2+2 (anterior) setiferous cones and 3(2)+3(2) (posterior) setiferous spines; metaterga 9–18 with two rows of 3+3 (anterior) setiferous cones and 4(3)+4(3) (posterior) setiferous spines; ventral lobe (vll) of lamina lateralis short and stout, digitiform; process (plm) of lamina lateralis tube-like, quite long. [details]Habitat Known only from the type locality in a limestone area. It is endemic to Myanmar [details]
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