Figs. 1–11. Desmoxytes philippina new species, male holotype: 1, Antenna; 2, anterior part of body, dorsal view; 3, segment 10, dorsal view; 4, segments 11–12, dorsal view; 5, leg 10; 6, telson, ventral view; 7, sternum 5, posterioventral view; 8–11, gonopod, mesal view (8, 11), lateral view (9), dorsal view (10), arrow indicates postfemoral cingulum. Scale bar = 1 mm.
ABSTRACT
A new dragon millipede species, Desmoxytes philippina, from the Philippines is described. This first Philippine dragon millipede species expands the previously known distribution of the group, from Southeast Asia (Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923) and Australia (Desmoxytoides Mesibov, 2006).
KEYWORDS. − Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae, dragon millipedes, Philippines.
Anh D. Nguyen & Petra Sierwald. 2010. "A new dragon millipede (Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae: Paradoxosomatinae: Orthomorphini) from the Philippines". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 58 (2): 173–177.: http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/58/58rbz173-177.pdf
