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
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journal article
2305-2562
Genus
Chaleponcus
Attems, 1914
Chaleponcus
: Attems 1914
a
: 202
; 1928: 409; 1934
b
: 494; 1938: 279; Kraus 1960: 20; 1966: 92; Schubart 1966: 122; Hamer 1998: 57; 1999: 18.
Type
species:
Chaleponcus limbatus
Attems, 1914
, designated by Kraus (1960).
Diagnosis: Telocoxite of gonopods distally helmet-like; in oral view without basal process. No femoral process, tibial process weak or absent. Solenomere very long and slender (
Fig. 79
,
s
). Tarsus distally divided into three lamellae (
Fig. 79
,
tl1, tl2, tl3
), with the inner one beset with small spines or hairs.
Distribution: The genus
Chaleponcus
currently includes 18 species distributed in
Mozambique
,
Namibia
,
South Africa
and
Zimbabwe
.
Biology: In the laboratory, females of
C. limbatus
were observed to lay single eggs in the soil (
Dangerfield 1998
).