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Pteroxytes Jeekel, 1980

Desmoxytes terae (Jeekel, 1964) (specimens from Tham Tone Din) and habitat.

AphiaID

893851 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:893851)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (senior subjective synonym)

Accepted name

Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Pratinus terae Jeekel, 1964 accepted as Desmoxytes terae (Jeekel, 1964) (type by original designation)

Parent

Orthomorphini Brölemann, 1916

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Species Pteroxytes terae (Jeekel, 1964) accepted as Desmoxytes terae (Jeekel, 1964)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Jeekel, C. A. W. (1980). The generic allocation of some little-known Paradoxosomatidae from South-ast Asia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). Revue suisse de zoologie, 87: 651-670. Genève
page(s): 655 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Pteroxytes Jeekel, 1980. Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php/1zqjmv%27%22()%7B%7D%3Cx%3E:1zqjmv;9/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=893851 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-12-21 12:20:58Z

created

Sierwald, Petra

2017-09-01 12:54:16Z

changed

Spelda, Jörg

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original description Jeekel, C. A. W. (1980). The generic allocation of some little-known Paradoxosomatidae from South-ast Asia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). Revue suisse de zoologie, 87: 651-670. Genève
page(s): 655 [details]

source of synonymy 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): 46 [details]

From editor or global species database

Desmoxytes terae (Jeekel, 1964) (specimens from Tham Tone Din) and habitat.

Image from typetaxon