Genus Syndesmogenus Attems, 1909

Type species

Syndesmogenus gracilis Attems, 1909 (Tanzania), by original designation.

Other included species

Seventeen, including one species described as new here, see Kraus (1960), Demange (1965), Pierrard (1970), Vohland & Hamer (2013).

Diagnosis (modified from Kraus 1960)

Differs from other genera of Prionopetalini by the combination of small size, a basad metaplical process on the gonopod coxa, a very long, slender solenomere (much longer than telomere), and often a subapical spinelike side branch on the solenomere.

Remarks

This genus of small odontopygids is widely distributed in West, Central, East and southern Africa.