Hylomus Cook & Loomis, 1924

Nguyen, Anh D., Nguyen, Manh-Ha, Nguyen, Thu-Anh T. & Phung, Hong-Luong T., 2019, Review of Dragon Millipedes (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae) in the Fauna of Vietnam, with Descriptions of Three New Species, Zoological Studies 58 (14), pp. 1-31 : 2-3

Genus Hylomus Cook & Loomis, 1924

Hylomus Cook & Loomis, 1924: 105 ; Attems 1937: 126; Jeekel 1968: 51; Jeekel 1980: 655; Srisonchai et al. 2018a: 15. Synonymized with Desmoxytes by Golovatch & Enghoff (1994: 46), but re-validated by Srisonchai et al. (2018a).

Type species: Hylomus draco Cook & Loomis, 1924 , by original designation.

Diagnosis: The genus can be recognised by a combination of characters: small to large size (12−35 mm long); often brightly coloured; paraterga strongly to exceedingly well developed, wing-, spine- and antler-shaped; metazonal surface often more or less roughly granulate, rarely smooth; epiproct of telson sometimes modified with hypertrophied setiferous tubercles near tip; male leg femora 5/6/7/9 often inflated or humped ventrally; gonopod suberect, seldom subfalcate; solenophore and solenomere usually shortened.

Remarks: The genus is widely distributed in southern China and Vietnam. Few species are found in Laos and Thailand. The distribution of the genus Hylomus in Vietnam is shown in figure 1.