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Geotypodon Enghoff 2016

Description

Genus Geotypodon Enghoff, 2016

Geotypodon Enghoff, 2016a: 6.

Type species

Geotypodon millemanus Enghoff, 2016, by original designation.

Other included species

Geotypodon papei sp. nov. and 20 further species, see Enghoff (2016a).

Diagnosis

(From Enghoff 2016a, slightly modified.) A genus of Odontopygidae – Prionopetalini characterized by: a long basad metaplical spine on the anterior side of the coxa; a compact torsotope; lack of pretorsal or torsal spines/processes; a pronounced post-torsal narrowing without spines; a division of the telopodite into solenomere and telomere immediately distal to post-torsal narrowing; a spine emerging from the base of the telomere; a slender, whip-like, smooth solenomere without any outgrowths or appendages (except sometimes a tiny subapical spine); a telomere consisting of various lobes and lamellae with largely smooth margins.

Notes

Published as part of Enghoff, Henrik, 2018, A mountain of millipedes VI. New records, new species, a new genus and a general discussion of Odontopygidae from the Udzungwa Mts, Tanzania (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Odontopygidae), pp. 1-29 in European Journal of Taxonomy 394 on page 6, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.394, http://zenodo.org/record/1146158

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Odontopygidae
Genus
Geotypodon
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Spirostreptida
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Enghoff
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Geotypodon Enghoff, 2016 sec. Enghoff, 2018

References

  • Enghoff H. 2016 a. A mountain of millipedes III: A new genus for three new species from the Udzungwa Mountains and surroundings, Tanzania, as well as several ' orphaned' species previously assigned to Odontopyge Brandt, 1841 (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Odontopygidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 177: 1 - 19. https: // doi. org / 10.5852 / ejt. 2016.177