Hemisphaeroparia Schubart, 1955, stat. revalid.

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 : 58

Genus Hemisphaeroparia Schubart, 1955, stat. revalid.

Type-species.

Hemisphaeroparia cumbula Schubart, 1955

Diagnosis.

Both gonopodal coxae and gonocoel large to very large; telopodite usually moderately to barely exposed, but complex, with 1-3 strong branches (ab and/or bb, or ab, mb and bb, occasionally also with a lobe more basally), only sometimes with a single particularly strongly exposed branch (ab); seminal groove mostly short, solenomere only sometimes absent, but usually finger-shaped and located caudomesally (Figure 2F, G).

Remarks.

This genus is among the most advanced representatives of Afrotropical Trichopolydesmidae . Mauriès and Heymer (1996: 168) regarded it as a synonym of Physetoparia . All trichopolydesmid species treated below from Cameroon appear to belong to this genus, albeit forming a few species groups.

Based on the numerous new and one old species from Cameroon treated below, the diagnosis of Hemisphaeroparia can be updated as follows.

Updated diagnosis.

Body with 19 or 20 segments. Male epicranial modifications present or absent. Spiracle next to coxa 2 conspicuously enlarged, finger- or mushroom-shaped and with a complex tip. Both gonopodal coxae and gonocoel large to very large; telopodite usually moderately to barely exposed, but complex, with 1-3 strong branches (ab and/or bb, or ab, mb and bb, occasionally also with a lobe more basally), only sometimes with a single particularly strongly (ab) or considerably (bb) exposed branch; seminal groove mostly short, solenomere only sometimes absent, but usually transverse (= directed anteriorly), finger-shaped or spiniform, and located caudomesally.