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Four colorful new species of dragon millipedes, genus Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923, from northern Thailand (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae)

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Srisonchai, Ruttapon, Enghoff, Henrik, Likhitrakarn, Natdanai, Panha, Somsak (2016): Four colorful new species of dragon millipedes, genus Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923, from northern Thailand (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae). Zootaxa 4170 (1): 93-113, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4170.1.4

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