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Six new species of dragon millipedes, genus Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923

AutorInnen: 
Liu, WX., Golovatch, SI., Tian, MY.
Erscheinungsjahr: 
2016
Vollständiger Titel: 
Six new species of dragon millipedes, genus Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923, mostly from caves in China (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae)
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Org. Einordnung: 
Publiziert in: 
ZooKeys
Publikationstyp: 
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
DOI Name: 
doi: 10.3897/zookeys.577.7825
Keywords: 
Desmoxytes, new species, troglobite, key, southern China
Bibliographische Angaben: 
Liu WX, Golovatch SI, Tian MY (2016) Six new species of dragon millipedes, genus Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923, mostly from caves in China (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). ZooKeys 577: 1–24. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.577.7825
Abstract: 

Six new species of Desmoxytes are described from southern China: D. laticollis sp. n., D. simplipoda sp. n., and D. similis sp. n., all three from caves in Guangdong Province; D. phasmoides sp. n. also from a cave, and both epigean D. spiniterga sp. n. and D. variabilis sp. n., the latter trio from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. A modified key to all 20 Desmoxytes species currently known to occur in China is given.

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