Mecistoparia Brolemann, 1926

Golovatch, S. I., Fiemapong, A. R. Nzoko, Tamesse, J. L., Mauries, J. - P. & VandenSpiegel, D., 2018, Trichopolydesmidae from Cameroon, 1: The genus Hemisphaeroparia Schubart, 1955. With a genus-level reclassification of Afrotropical genera of the family (Diplopoda, Polydesmida), ZooKeys 785, pp. 49-98 : 57-58

Genus Mecistoparia Brolemann, 1926

Type-species.

Mecistoparia lophotocrania Brolemann, 1926

Synonym.

Dendrobrachypus Verhoeff, 1941, syn. n. (Type-species: Dendrobrachypus pusillus Verhoeff, 1941

Diagnosis.

Both gonopodal coxae and gonocoel medium-sized; telopodite usually less strongly exposed and complex (when strongly exposed, then with a protective coxal apicolateral process), with 1-2 strong branches (ab or ab and bb); seminal groove short and simple, solenomere shorter or longer, sometimes exposed, subspiniform (Figs 1B, 2D).

Remarks.

This genus is among the more advanced representatives of Afrotropical Trichopolydesmidae . Mauriès and Heymer (1996: 168) regarded it as a subgenus of Sphaeroparia .