The dragon millipedes in Vietnam (Polydesmida : Paradoxosomatidae , genus Desmoxytes Chamberlin , 1923)

Abstract

The millipede genus Desmoxytes is reviewed in the scope of the fauna of Vietnam, with four species described as new: D. proxima sp.n., D. cattienensis sp.n., D. specialis sp.n. and D. enghoffi sp.n., while D. spectabilis (Attems, 1937) is redescribed from new material. A key to all ten species of Desmo- xytes currently or potentially present in Vietnam is compiled.