Trichopolydesmidae from Cameroon, 1: The genus Hemisphaeroparia Schubart, 1955. With a genus-level reclassification of Afrotropical genera of the family (Diplopoda, Polydesmida)
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Golovatch, S. I.
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Fiemapong, A. R. Nzoko
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Tamesse, J. L.
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Mauries, J. - P.
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VandenSpiegel, D.
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ZooKeys
2018
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49
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.785.27422
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.785.27422
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Megaloparia Brolemann, 1920
Type-species.
Sphaeroparia (Megaloparia) lignivora
Brolemann, 1920, by subsequent designation by
Attems (1940)
; Kenya.
Twenty segments (male, female); body length 6.5 mm. Male head without epicranial modifications. Paraterga moderate, tergal setae very short. Gonopodal coxae unusually small, leaving telopodite mostly exposed and suberect; telopodite bipartite, seminal groove short and simple, ending on a short solenomere (sl) with a hairy pulvillus squeezed between both branches ab and bb (Figure 1B).