Xystodesmus fasciatus, with up to 19 segments, was discovered in a Japanese cedar forest on the Satsuma peninsula and is named for its “vividly banded” body made up of alternating “pale-greyish” and ...

The newly identified millipedes were found in highly localized regions of the Ryukyu Archipelago, such as a limestone hill or a small patch of forest, according to a peer-reviewed study published ...