They are part of the Polydesmid order and millipedes in this order can have up to 21 body segments each with two pairs of legs. Seven new millipede species were discovered in southwestern Japan.

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 ...