Review of the millipede family Trichopolydesmidae in the Oriental realm (Diplopoda, Polydesmida), with descriptions of new genera and species Author Golovatch, Sergei I. Author Geoffroy, Jean-Jacques Author VandenSpiegel, Didier text ZooKeys 2014 414 19 65 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.414.7671 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.414.7671 1313-2970-414-19 C1E83718BC8544A69F00ED4C93D758B5 Assamodesmus Manfredi, 1954 Diagnosis. 19 segments (♂, ♀), pore formula normal, ozopores placed closer to lateral than to caudal margin of paratergite; ♂ vertex unmodified, paraterga modest, 3 rows of bacilliform metatergal setae; gonopod telopodites subfalcate and clearly twisted, held parallel to main body axis, strongly exposed (gonocoel small); solenomere (sl) a long, simple, distal spine with an adjacent, distal, bipartite solenophore (sph) consisting of an apical spine and a massive velum. Type species. Assamodesmus lindbergi Manfredi, 1955, by original designation. Remarks. This well-defined Himalayan genus remains monobasic.