Review of Dragon Millipedes (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae) in the Fauna of Vietnam, with Descriptions of Three New Species Author Nguyen, Anh D. Author Nguyen, Manh-Ha Author Nguyen, Thu-Anh T. Author Phung, Hong-Luong T. text Zoological Studies 2019 2019-07-12 58 14 1 31 journal article 56108 10.6620/ZS.2019.58-14 de0647eb-9b73-4bac-9ff7-f7bff7518dc0 PMC6759935 31966315 8065869 Genus Hylomus Cook & Loomis, 1924 Hylomus Cook & Loomis, 1924: 105 ; Attems 1937: 126 ; Jeekel 1968: 51 ; Jeekel 1980: 655 ; Srisonchai et al. 2018a: 15 . Synonymized with Desmoxytes by Golovatch & Enghoff (1994: 46) , but re-validated by Srisonchai et al. (2018a) . © 2019 Academia Sinica, Taiwan Type species : Hylomus draco Cook & Loomis, 1924 , by original designation. Diagnosis : The genus can be recognised by a combination of characters: small to large size ( 12−35 mm long); often brightly coloured; paraterga strongly to exceedingly well developed, wing-, spine- and antler-shaped; metazonal surface often more or less roughly granulate, rarely smooth; epiproct of telson sometimes modified with hypertrophied setiferous tubercles near tip; male leg femora 5/6/7/9 often inflated or humped ventrally; gonopod suberect, seldom subfalcate; solenophore and solenomere usually shortened. Remarks : The genus is widely distributed in southern China and Vietnam . Few species are found in Laos and Thailand . The distribution of the genus Hylomus in Vietnam is shown in figure 1.