title: Two new species of dragon millipedes, genus Desmoxytes Chamnerlin, 1923, from Laos (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae), with redescriptions of all four species of Attems from Vietnam.
abstract: Two new species of Desmoxytes are described and abundantly illustrated: D. rhinoceros sp. n. and D. rhinoparva sp. n., from southern and northern Laos, respectively. Illustrated redescriptions of all four Vietnamese Desmoxytes species proposed by Carl Attems are also provided, based on type material.
authors.affiliation: Animal Systematics Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand.; Email: kongerrrr@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Natdanai
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Likhitrakarn
authors.affiliation: Institute for Problems of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky pr. 33, Moscow 119071, Russia; Email: sgolovatch@yandex.ru.
authors.forename: Sergei I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Golovatch
authors.affiliation: Animal Systematics Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand.; Email: somsak.pan@chula.ac.th.
authors.forename: Somsak
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Panha
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D001181:Arthropods / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D049628:Body Size; D005260:Female; D007812:Laos; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D014744:Vietnam