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
Genus
Podochresimus
Attems, 1926
Podochresimus
: Attems 1926: 141
, 143; 1928: 243; 1929: 274; 1931: 113; 1937
a
: 215; Schubart 1956: 18; Hoffman 1968: 219;
Jeekel 1968: 107
; 1971: 232.
Type
species:
Podochresimus fruticinus
Attems, 1926
, by monotypy.
Diagnosis (modified from Hoffman (1968)): Cones present on sternite 5. Gonopod femur with one or two spiniform processes. Postfemur of acropodite separated from femur by basal constriction. Postfemur with process, and a fairly long solenophorous tibiotarsus branch which curves ventromedially, this branch having a basal process. The acropodite little or not rotated, so that the seminal groove runs almost directly up the medial face to reach the base of the solenomerite.
Distribution: The genus occurs in
Namibia
and western
South Africa
.
Remarks: The genus previously included four species, with a range from the
Western Cape
in
South Africa
(three species) to
Namibia
(one species). A second Namibian species is described below.