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 Hylomus specialis ( Nguyen, Golovatch & Anichkin, 2005) ( Figs. 1 , 14 ) Desmoxytes specialis Nguyen, Golovatch & Anichkin, 2005: 254−255 , figs. 14−19. Hylomus specialis : Srisonchai et al. 2018a: 11 . Material examined : 1 male (IEBR-29) Kon Tum Province , Ngoc Linh Mt., primary forest, 2,000 m , 25 March 2004 , coll. Anh D. Nguyen; 1 male (IEBR-41) same locality, secondary forest, 1,800 m , 11 April 2004 , coll. Anh D. Nguyen; 2 males , 1 female (IEBR-67) same locality, primary forest, 1,700 −1,900 m , 21 March − 9 April 2006 , coll. Anh D. Nguyen. Diagnosis : The species can be distinguished from its congeners by its darkish brown colouration; antenna being long; metaterga having two transverse rows of spines; paraterga being spine-shaped, long and increasingly pointed, with two additional spines at base caudolaterally; gonopod solenophore and solenomere being very long; spine z modest; femorite slightly curved ( Fig. 14 ). Previous records : Kon Tum Province (Ngoc Linh Mt.) ( Nguyen et al. 2005 ). Distribution : Only known from the Highland of Vietnam .