original description
(of Desmoxytes acantherpestes 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): 51 [details]
new combination reference
Srisonchai, R.; Enghoff, H.; Likhitrakarn, N.; Panha, S. (2018). A revision of dragon millipedes II: the new genus Nagaxytes gen. nov., with the description of three new species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> (462)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.462
page(s): p. 11, figs 2, 6-10; note: Transferred to the genus Nagaxytes [details] Available for editors
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Metaterga 4–19 with one row of 2+2 posterior spines (anterior row absent). Similar in this respect to N. gracilis, but differs from this species by having paraterga shorter; degree of elevation of paraterga lower; sternal lobe between male coxae 4 subtrapeziform; lamina lateralis swollen, stout, short [details]