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 54 1 251 251 journal article 2305-2562 Chaleponcus niger Attems, 1914 Figs 83, 84 Chaleponcus niger : Attems 1914 a : 203–204 , figs 266–271; 1928: 410; Kraus 1960: 27; Schubart 1966: 126; Hamer 1998: 58. Diagnosis: Lateral lamella more strongly sclerotised than other parts of the telocoxite, ending in spiniform processes ( Fig. 83 ). Description: Size : Width of male 4.8–5.2 mm; 62–64 body segments. Figs 83, 84. Chaleponcus niger Attems , ♂: (83) gonopod, aboral view; (84) mid­body leg. Abbreviations: (cx) coxa, (f) femur, (fp) femoral process, (prf) prefemur, (ptf) postfemur, (s) solenomere, (ta) tarsus, (ti) tibia. Scale bar = 1 mm. Colour : Black, legs and antennae yellow-brown. Head : Epicranial suture and interocular suture fine. 6 supralabral pits. Antenna slender, reaching hind border of 4 th segment. Gonopod : Telocoxite with distal lamella, medial lamella and aborally directed lateral lamella with small teeth and a larger, arched hook ( Fig. 83 , ll ). Material examined: NAMIBIA : 1♂ Oshikoto region , Tsumeb [ 19°14'53"S 17°42'38"E , 1323 m ] ( ZMHB 5233 ) ; 1♂ Otjozondjupa region , Waterberg [ 20°20'55"S 17°19'42"E , 1670 m ], xi.1972 , H.C. Strauss ( SMN 21738 ) ( NMNW ) . Distribution: Namibia . From Windhoek north to Omaheke and the Oshikoto region .