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 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 ).