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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.577.7825" ID-GBIF-Dataset="84bedf97-37fc-44f6-bf42-c96f943a3b2f" ID-PMC="PMC4829881" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-577-1" ID-PubMed="27110186" ID-ZBK="FA39ED688F9146A9838AC0F9803F70DE" ModsDocAuthor="" ModsDocDate="2016" ModsDocID="1313-2970-577-1" ModsDocOrigin="ZooKeys 577" ModsDocTitle="Six new species of dragon millipedes, genus Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923, mostly from caves in China (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae)" checkinTime="1459884486862" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Liu, Weixin, Golovatch, Sergei & Tian, Mingyi" docDate="2016" docId="228F385A96AD818E6D652322D8D22DDB" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 577: 1-24" docOrigin="ZooKeys 577" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.577.7825" docTitle="Desmoxytes similis Liu, Golovatch & Tian, 2016, sp. n." docType="treatment" docUuid="3E252D45-5DE5-4F32-B3A6-9F855E84A437" docUuidSource="ZooBank" docVersion="5" lastPageNumber="7" masterDocId="FFC3FFF9FFD7FF98A5797979CE27FFA3" masterDocTitle="Six new species of dragon millipedes, genus Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923, mostly from caves in China (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae)" masterLastPageNumber="24" masterPageNumber="1" pageNumber="7" updateTime="1668162908796" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>Six new species of dragon millipedes, genus Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923, mostly from caves in China (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae)</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Liu, Weixin</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Golovatch, Sergei</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Tian, Mingyi</mods:namePart>
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<mods:date>2016</mods:date>
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<mods:number>577</mods:number>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.577.7825</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="127862649" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:3E252D45-5DE5-4F32-B3A6-9F855E84A437" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/228F385A96AD818E6D652322D8D22DDB" lastPageNumber="7" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Taxon classification Animalia Polydesmida Paradoxosomatidae</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/3E252D45-5DE5-4F32-B3A6-9F855E84A437" class="Diplopoda" family="Paradoxosomatidae" genus="Desmoxytes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Desmoxytes similis" order="Polydesmida" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="similis">Desmoxytes similis</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="6" pageNumber="7">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Figs 1
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, 6, 7
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<subSubSection pageId="6" pageNumber="7" type="holotype">
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Holotype</paragraph>
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♂ (SCAU), China, Guangdong, Qingyuan, Yingde Shi, Qingkeng Zhen, Bangjiao Cun, Cave Bangjiao Dong,
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<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="15" value="24.419167">24°25'09"N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="15" value="112.954445">112°57'16"E</geoCoordinate>
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, ca 230 m a.s.l., 2014-XII-29, leg. Mingyi Tian, Weixin Liu, Sunbin Huang & Xinhui Wang.
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<subSubSection pageId="6" pageNumber="7" type="paratypes">
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Paratypes.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="7">1 ♂, 4 ♀ (SCAU), 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (ZFMK), same locality and collecting data as the holotype.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Name.</paragraph>
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To emphasize the particular similarities to
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<taxonomicName class="Diplopoda" family="Paradoxosomatidae" genus="Desmoxytes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Desmoxytes simplipoda" order="Polydesmida" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="simplipoda">Desmoxytes simplipoda</taxonomicName>
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sp. n.; adjective.
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<subSubSection pageId="6" pageNumber="7" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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This species seems to be especially similar to
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<taxonomicName class="Diplopoda" family="Paradoxosomatidae" genus="Desmoxytes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Desmoxytes simplipoda" order="Polydesmida" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="simplipoda">Desmoxytes simplipoda</taxonomicName>
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sp. n., from Yangshan, Qingyuan, Guangdong, but differs by the setose process between ♂ coxae 4 showing a large pore and the lamella medialis of the gonopod solenophore a small lobule at about midlength.
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<subSubSection pageId="6" pageNumber="7" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Description.</paragraph>
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All characters as in
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<taxonomicName class="Diplopoda" family="Paradoxosomatidae" genus="Desmoxytes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Desmoxytes simplipoda" order="Polydesmida" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="simplipoda">Desmoxytes simplipoda</taxonomicName>
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sp. n., except as follows.
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Length ca 25-26 mm (♂) or 27-29 mm (♀), width of midbody pro- and metazonae 1.5 and 4.0 (♂) or 2.5 and 4.5 mm (♀), respectively. Holotype 26 mm long, 1.5 and 4.0 mm wide on midbody pro- and metazonae, respectively. In width, head <collum <segment 2-8 <9-16. Coloration rather uniformly light brownish to pallid (Figs 1
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, 6).
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Figure 6.
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<taxonomicName class="Diplopoda" family="Paradoxosomatidae" genus="Desmoxytes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Desmoxytes similis" order="Polydesmida" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="similis">Desmoxytes similis</taxonomicName>
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sp. n., ♂ holotype from Cave Bangjiao Dong.
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<normalizedToken originalValue="A–B">A-B</normalizedToken>
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anterior part of body, subventral and dorsal views, respectively
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<normalizedToken originalValue="C–D">C-D</normalizedToken>
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midbody segments, subventral and dorsal views, respectively
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<normalizedToken originalValue="E–F">E-F</normalizedToken>
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posterior part of body, ventral and dorsal views, respectively.
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
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Paraterga of collum (Fig. 6
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<normalizedToken originalValue="A–B">A-B</normalizedToken>
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) directed laterad; following paraterga 2-18 directed dorsad and a little caudad; paraterga 19 directed caudad, but all paraterga ending up clearly much above dorsum (Fig. 6). Transverse sulcus very vague, only traceable in segments 3-18 (Fig. 6B, D, F).
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="7">A large, median, setose process with a large central pore at bottom between ♂ coxae 4 (Fig. 7A). Legs devoid of modifications, about 2.5 (♂) or 2.0 (♀) times as long as midbody height.</paragraph>
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Figure 7.
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<taxonomicName class="Diplopoda" family="Paradoxosomatidae" genus="Desmoxytes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Desmoxytes similis" order="Polydesmida" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="similis">Desmoxytes similis</taxonomicName>
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sp. n., ♂ paratype from Cave Bangjiao Dong. A sternal process between coxae 4, ventral view
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<normalizedToken originalValue="B–C">B-C</normalizedToken>
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entire left gonopod and its distal half, mesal and lateral views, respectively.
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Gonopods (Fig. 7
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) short. Coxite less than 1/3 the length of telopodite. Prefemur about half as long as acropodite. Femorite very short, slightly enlarged distad. Solenophore strongly condensed and divided into a large subtriangular lamella lateralis (ll) and a terminally evidently bifid lamella medialis (lm), the latter with a very small lobule (l) at about midlength.
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<subSubSection pageId="6" pageNumber="7" type="remarks">
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Remarks.</paragraph>
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This species seems to be very similar to
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<taxonomicName class="Diplopoda" family="Paradoxosomatidae" genus="Desmoxytes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Desmoxytes simplipoda" order="Polydesmida" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="simplipoda">Desmoxytes simplipoda</taxonomicName>
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sp. n., from Yangshan, Qingyuan, Guangdong. The only differences are outlined in the above diagnosis. Because of the nearly pallid tegument and extremely elongated antennae and legs, this species seems to be a troglobite.
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