Desmoxytes rhinoceros

Desmoxytes rhinoceros
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polydesmida
Family: Paradoxosomatidae
Genus: Desmoxytes
Species: D. rhinoceros
Binomial name
Desmoxytes rhinoceros
Likhitrakarn, Golovatch, and Panha (2015)

Desmoxytes rhinoceros is an aposematic species of dragon millipede in the genus Desmoxytes.[1] It is only known from Champasak and Sekong Provinces in southern Laos.[1]

It was first described, along with D. rhinoparva, in 2015.[2] Both species were discovered in Laos,[2] the first dragon millipedes identified there, D. rhinoceros in the south of the country and D. rhinoparva in the north.[1] The holotype is in the Museum of Zoology, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.[1]

The body length is 17–24 mm (0.67–0.94 in) in males and 20–25 mm (0.79–0.98 in) in females. The color is dark red.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Aviss, Ben (20 March 2015). "Meet two new species of dragon millipede". BBC Online. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  2. 1 2 Likhitrakarn, Natdanai; Sergei I. Golovatch; Somsak Panha (2015). "Two new species of dragon millipedes, genus Desmoxytes Chamnerlin, 1923, from Laos (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae), with redescriptions of all four species of Attems from Vietnam". Zootaxa 3931 (4): 483. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3931.4.2. ISSN 1175-5334.
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