Desmoxytes planata
{{Short description|Species of millipede}}
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| genus = Desmoxytes
| species = planata
| authority = (Pocock, 1895)
| synonyms = *Pratinus planatus Pocock, 1895
- Desmoxytes coniger Chamberlin, 1923
- Euphyodesmus (Ceylonesmus) vector Chamberlin, 1941
}}
Desmoxytes planata, is a species of millipedes in the family Paradoxosomatidae.{{cite web | url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/3e41146cc30528aed5ce56268ecbb304 | title=Desmoxytes planata (Pocock, 1895) (accepted name) | publisher=Catalogue of Life| accessdate=19 December 2016}} It is a pantropical species with a vast distribution due to human interference in transportation.{{cite journal | pmc=4233391 | title=A review of the dragon millipede genus Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923 in China, with descriptions of four new species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae) | year=2014 | last1=Liu | first1=W. | last2=Golovatch | first2=S. I. | last3=Tian | first3=M. | journal=ZooKeys | issue=448 | pages=9–26 | doi=10.3897/zookeys.448.8081 | pmid=25408607 | doi-access=free }} It is native to Andaman Islands and introduced to Thailand, the Seychelles, Java, Sri Lanka,{{cite web | url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289858025 | title=Annotated checklist of millipedes (Myriapoda: Diplopoda) of Sri Lanka | publisher=Research Gate | accessdate=19 December 2016}} Fiji and probably in Malay Peninsula.{{cite web | url=http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/fiji/pdf/shelley-bauer1998.pdf | title=The Milliped Family Paradoxosomatidae in the Hawaiian Islands (Diplopoda: Polydesmida) | publisher=Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey| accessdate=19 December 2016}}