identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
8061878A927AAD7CFF21FF2CFADF9C7E.text	8061878A927AAD7CFF21FF2CFADF9C7E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Desmoxytes purpurosea	<div><p>Desmoxytes purpurosea sp.n.</p><p>Figs 1–2.</p><p>Material examined: HOLOTYPE male Thailand, Hup Pa Tard, Tam Pratun Non-hunting area, Department of National Parks, Lansak district, Uthaithani province at 15° 22.602' N 99° 37.346' E, 28.viii.2006, S. Panha, H. Enghoff, P. Pimwichai and C. Sutcharit leg. (Museum of Zoology, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok). – Paratypes: 16 males, 30 females, same data as holotype ((Museum of Zoology, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 4 males, 3 females Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen).</p><p>Etymology: The species epithet is a composite Latin adjective, meaning “purple-pink”.</p><p>Diagnosis: Paraterga winglike. Gonopods strongly condensed. Male femora 5 and 6 humped. Similar in these respects to D. cervina (Pocock, 1895), D. delfae (Jeekel, 1964), D. planata (Pocock, 1895), D. pterygota Golovatch &amp; Enghoff, 1994, and D. rubra Golovatch &amp; Enghoff, 1994 . Differs from these species by having 3+3 posterior spines on midbody metaterga instead of 2+2, and by the combination of red-pink colour and larger size.</p><p>Description: Length ca. 3 cm (both sexes), width of midbody pro- and metazoa 1.8 and 3.2 mm (male) / 2.5-2.6 and 4.0 mm (female). Colour of living animals (Fig. 1) purple to shocking pink, head brownish, antennae black; colour retained after 10 days in alcohol but faded to light brown after 10 months.</p><p>Head quite densely setose except on almost naked vertex, narrower than collum. Epicranial suture distinct. Antennae very long, reaching back to body ring 8 (male) or 6 (female).</p><p>Collum as broad as body ring 2, with 3 transverse rows of setae, 4+4 anterior, 1+1 intermediate, 2+2 posterior, lateral setae of posterior row displaced anteriad almost halfway to intermediate row.</p><p>Body parallel-sided from ring 7 to 15, anteriorly and especially posteriorly gradually tapering. Metaterga (Fig. 2 A –D, F) with two transverse rows of setiferous spines; metaterga 2-8 with 2+2 anterior and 2+2 posterior spines, lateral spines of posterior rows much longer than the others; metagerga 9-17 with 2+2 small, rosethornlike anterior spines and 3+3 posterior spines, lateral ones very long, intermeditate ones shorter, mesal ones shortest. Metatergum 18 with 2+2 anterior and 3+3 (or 3+4) posterior spines, all posterior spines of equal length; metatergum 19 with 2+2 anterior and 2+2 (or 2+3) posterior setae which are not on spines or tubercles.</p><p>Axial line not visible. Paraterga wing-shaped, tip bent posteriad. Paraterga on collum almost horizontal, with one setiferous notch on anterior edge. Paraterga of rings 2–19 longer, directed obliquely upwards at ca. 45° in anterior part of body, becoming gradually more horizontal towards the rear, on rings 17–19 directed straight posteriad, anterior edge of paraterga 2–18 with 2 small setiferous notches. Surface finely shagreened, slightly more coarsely so on metazona (but not on paraterga). Suture between pro- and metazona smooth. Ozopores visible from above, located in distalmost notch on anterior paratergal edge. Transverse sulcus evident on metaterga 5–18. Pleurosternal carinae poorly developed on body rings 2-3, absent from others.</p><p>Preanal projection (=epiproct, Fig. 2 D) simple, conoid, with a pair of tiny setiferous lateral knobs near tip. Subanal scale trapezoid, posterior margin very slightly convex between pair of setae.</p><p>Sterna quite densely setose. A simple transverse, trapezoid, sparsely setose lamina between male coxae 4 (Fig. 2 E). Distal margin of lamina sometimes slightly concave. A pair of round structure (pores?, cf., e.g. D. terae (Jeekel, 1964), Golovatch &amp; Enghoff 1994) at base of posterior side of lamina.</p><p>Legs very long and slender as seen from above, projecting laterad from body by maximum body width in females, and even more than maximum body width in males. Male femora 5 and 6 distinctly humped (Fig. 2 G).</p><p>Gonopods (Fig. 2 H-L). Shaft very slender, almost straight, postfemoral part strongly condensed.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8061878A927AAD7CFF21FF2CFADF9C7E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Enghoff, Henrik;Sutcharit, Chirasak;Panha, Somsak	Enghoff, Henrik, Sutcharit, Chirasak, Panha, Somsak (2007): The shocking pink dragon millipede, Desmoxytes purpurosea, a colourful new species from Thailand (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae). Zootaxa 1563: 31-36, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.178380
