Review of the millipede family Trichopolydesmidae in the Oriental realm (Diplopoda, Polydesmida), with descriptions of new genera and species Author Golovatch, Sergei I. Author Geoffroy, Jean-Jacques Author VandenSpiegel, Didier text ZooKeys 2014 414 19 65 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.414.7671 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.414.7671 1313-2970-414-19 C1E83718BC8544A69F00ED4C93D758B5 Nasodesmus Cook, 1896 Diagnosis. 20 segments (♂, ♀); pore formula normal, ozopores placed closer to lateral than to caudal margin of paratergite; ♂ vertex unmodified, paraterga well developed, 3 rows of short simple metatergal setae; ♂ legs 3 strongly elongate, the femur very strongly enlarged; gonopod coxae not very large (gonocoel not too deep); telopodites strongly exposed, simple, unipartite, slightly curved mesad; sph (exomere) simple, strong, with a small process at base; sl a small, subapical, mesal branchlet. Type species. Polydesmus cognatus Humbert, 1865, by original designation. Remarks. This monobasic genus strongly resembles Peronorchus and Mastodesmus , but seems to be sufficiently well defined.