Chaleponcus niger Attems, 1914

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 : 297-298

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scientific name	Chaleponcus niger Attems, 1914
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Chaleponcus niger Attems, 1914 View in CoL

Figs 83, 84

Chaleponcus niger: Attems 1914 a: 203–204 View in CoL , figs 266–271; 1928: 410; Kraus 1960: 27; Schubart 1966:

126; Hamer 1998: 58.

Diagnosis: Lateral lamella more strongly sclerotised than other parts of the telocoxite, ending in spiniform processes ( Fig. 83).

Description:

Size: Width of male 4.8–5.2 mm; 62–64 body segments.

Colour: Black, legs and antennae yellow-brown.

Head: Epicranial suture and interocular suture fine. 6 supralabral pits. Antenna slender, reaching hind border of 4 th segment.

Gonopod: Telocoxite with distal lamella, medial lamella and aborally directed lateral lamella with small teeth and a larger, arched hook ( Fig. 83, ll).

Material examined: NAMIBIA: 1♂ Oshikoto region, Tsumeb [19°14'53"S 17°42'38"E, 1323 m] ( ZMHB 5233 ) GoogleMaps ; 1♂ Otjozondjupa region, Waterberg [20°20'55"S 17°19'42"E, 1670 m], xi.1972, H.C. Strauss ( SMN 21738 ) ( NMNW) GoogleMaps .

Distribution: Namibia. From Windhoek north to Omaheke and the Oshikoto region.