A review of the millipedes (Diplopoda) of Namibia, with identification keys and descriptions of two new genera and five new species
Author
Vohland, Katrin
Author
Hamer, Michelle
text
African Invertebrates
2013
2013-06-30
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journal article
2305-2562
6B95969B-485A-4E3F-9FBE-4F992A5F2DC5
Genus
Spinotarsus
Attems, 1909
Spinotarsus
:
Attems 1909
a
: 51
; 1909
b
: 46; 1914
a
: 200; 1928: 396; Kraus 1960: 118; Schubart 1966: 115; Hamer 1998: 61; 1999: 18.
Ardiophyllum
Attems, 1928: 402
. Synonymised by Kraus (1960: 118).
Storthophorus
Attems, 1928: 405
; 1935: 381. Synonymised by Kraus (1960: 118).
Type
species:
Spinotarsus xanthonotus
Attems, 1909
, by original designation.
Diagnosis: Gonopod telopodite with tarsus comprising main lobe and smaller basal lobe, mostly with fine hairs or spines (
Fig. 86
,
ta
,
tl1
). Tip of slender solenomere with faint furrows, often helix-like (
Fig. 85
,
s
).