Odontopygidae, Attems, 1909

Vohland, Katrin & Hamer, Michelle, 2013, A review of the millipedes (Diplopoda) of Namibia, with identification keys and descriptions of two new genera and five new species, African Invertebrates 54 (1), pp. 251-251 : 292-293

Key to species of Odontopygidae occurring in Namibia

1 Minute species, width <1 mm, paraprocts without spines ( Figs 78, 89); gonopod solenomere with distal spinous processes ( Figs 78, 88) .........................................2

– Medium-sized species, width> 2 mm, paraprocts with dorsal spines ( Fig. 80); gonopod solenomere without distal processes ( Figs 79, 83, 85).............................3

2 Less than 60 segments; telocoxite without basally directed acute process ( Fig. 77) ..................................................................................... Bandeirenica andara sp. n.

– More than 70 segments; telocoxite distal-orally with basally directed acute process ( Fig. 88, tc).............................................................. Syndesmogenus fragilis sp. n.

3 With red longitudinal line dorsally; solenomere spiralled distally, main part of tarsus comprising a single leaf and much enlarged ( Fig. 86) .............................................. .................................................................. Spinotarsus xanthonotus Attems, 1909

– Animal with transversely striped appearance; solenomere not distally spiralled, main part of tarsus divided into three leaves, the medium one beset with hairs ( Figs 79, 83) ( Chaleponcus ) ...................................................................................................4

4 Gonopod telocoxite apically sclerotised, with lateral spines ( Fig. 83) ..................... ............................................................................................... C. niger Attems, 1914

– Gonopod telocoxite not sclerotised apically, but broadly widened ( Fig. 79)..........5

5 Median lamella of telopodite tarsus prolonged.............. C. limbatus Attems, 1914

– Median lamella of telopodite tarsus not prolonged..... C. hereronius Attems, 1922