title: A review of the dragon millipede genus Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923 in China, with descriptions of four new species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae).
abstract: Four new species of Desmoxytes are described from southern China: Desmoxyteslingulata sp. n., Desmoxytesparvula sp. n., and Desmoxytesnodulosa sp. n., from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and Desmoxytesgetuhensis sp. n. from Guizhou Province. In addition, new records of Desmoxytesscutigeroides Golovatch, Geoffroy & Mauriès, 2010 and Desmoxytesscolopendroides Golovatch, Geoffroy & Mauriès, 2010 are provided, with a modified key to Desmoxytes species currently known to occur in China. Two of the new species, Desmoxytesnodulosa sp. n. and Desmoxytesgetuhensis sp. n., seem to be troglobites.
authors.affiliation: College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, 483 Wushanlu, Guangzhou, 510640, China.
authors.forename: Weixin
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Institute for Problems of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Science, Leninsky pr. 33, Moscow 119071, Russia.
authors.forename: Sergei I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Golovatch
authors.affiliation: College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, 483 Wushanlu, Guangzhou, 510640, China.
authors.forename: Mingyi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tian
keywords: China; Desmoxytes; Diplopod; cave; key; new species; troglobite