The millipede genus Iulidesmus Silvestri, 1895 in Colombia (Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae, Catharosomatini) Author Romero-Rincon, Juan Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia Author Golovatch, Sergei I. text Zootaxa 2024 2024-02-20 5415 1 56 76 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5415.1.2 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5415.1.2 1175-5326 10692554 1BE7AB08-4401-421A-B304-9552378B3C03 Key to six new species of Iulidesmus in Colombia (based on male characters) 1. Tarsal brushes present.................................................................................. 2 - Tarsal brushes absent.................................................................................. 3 2. Femora with adenostyles in anterior legs................................................................... 4 - Femora without adenostyles; sternal cones traceables between coxae 4–7; ozopores partly visible from above ( Fig. 10 ); sph broadened laterally near apical part ( Fig. 11 )....................................................... I. icni n. sp. 3. Femora with adenostyles in legs 4–7 ( Fig. 3B–E ); sternal cones traceables between coxae 4–7 ( Fig. 3A ); ozopores invisible from above ( Fig. 1 ); su2 poorly defined; lo more strongly flattened ( Fig. 2 )........................... I. garciae n. sp. - Femora without adenostyles; sternal cones traceable between coxae 3–7; ozopores slightly visible from above ( Fig. 4 ); sph with a spine ( k ) medially at abour midlength in lateral part ( Fig. 5 )...................................... I. minerus n. sp. 4. Femora with adenostyles in legs 4–6; ozopores partly visible from above......................................... 5 - Femora with adenostyles in legs 4–7; ozopores invisible from above; very small sternal cones traceable between coxae 4–7 ( Fig. 12 ); lm supporting most of sl , much longer and exceeding the ll ( Fig. 13 )......................... I. jeekeli n. sp. 5. Sternal cones traceable between coxae 4–7 ( Fig. 8 ); sph with evident overlapping elements in apical region; medial distal element much longer and larger than lateral distal element ( Fig. 9 )................................. I. sabaneta n. sp. - Sternal cones traceables between the coxae 3–5 (difficult to see) ( Fig. 6 ); an incomplete distal sulcus on fe , apical part of sph bilobate, with subequal, rounded, end lobes ( Fig. 7 )............................................... I. florezi n. sp.