The shocking pink dragon millipede, Desmoxytes purpurosea, a colourful new species from Thailand (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1563, 2007, Pages 31-36

  Enghoff, Henrik ^a   Sutcharit, Chirasak ^b   Panha, Somsak ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Aposematic; Taxonomy; Uthaithani province

Indexed keywords

DIPLOPODA; PARADOXOSOMATIDAE; POLYDESMIDA;

EID: 34548450826     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1563.1.3     Document Type: Article

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