East African odontopygid millipedes 4: A restricted redefinition of the genus Rhamphidarpoides Kraus, 1960, a related new genus, five new species, and notes on solenomere function (Diplopoda; Spirostreptida; Odontopygidae)
Author
Frederiksen, Sara B.
Author
Enghoff, Henrik
text
Zootaxa
2015
3926
4
541
560
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3926.4.5
2e297293-a6ba-4b4a-bcd9-2e8583751146
1175-5326
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C931F5CC-6598-4799-B344-F0E150FCE091
Raduliverpa
n.gen.
Type
species:
Raduliverpa serpentispinus
n.sp.
Diagnosis.
Gonopod coxa simple with a basad spine or fold on apex, telomere short and lamellate with a proximal telomeric/basomeric spine. Torsotope not extended. Solenomere same length as telomere, lamellate, distally broadening, more or less leaf-shaped, one longitudinal edge dark, with ridges at least distally. Limbus simply serrated.
Etymology.
Raduliverpa
is a Latin noun, combined of
radula
= scraper and
verpa
= penis, and refers to the shape and inferred function of the solenomere. Gender feminine.
Distribution.
DR Congo
,
Tanzania
and
Kenya