The first native Pyrgodesmidae (Diplopoda, Polydesmida) from Australia Author Mesibov, Robert text ZooKeys 2012 217 63 85 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.217.3809 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.217.3809 1313-2970-217-63 Genus Notopyrgodesmus Mesibov gen. n. Type species: Notopyrgodesmus kulla Mesibov, sp. n., by present designation. Other assigned species. Notopyrgodesmus lanosus Mesibov, sp. n., Notopyrgodesmus weiri Mesibov, sp. n. Diagnosis. Males and females with head + 20 rings; collum completely covering head in dorsal view; metatergal tubercles patterned in 2 transverse rows; paramedian and dorsolateral tubercles prominent, much enlarged on last rings; ozopores on porosteles; tergites and metatergites dorsally with minute, hair-like cuticular outgrowths with expanded tips; gonopod telopodite distally like curled leaf, concave medially, the rod-like solenomere arising from curled anteromedial margin of telopodite. Etymology. Greek notos ( 'south' ) + the type genus of the family, Pyrgodesmus ; gender masculine.