Moojenodesmus Schubart, 1945

Golovatch, Sergei I., Gallo, Jéssica S. & Bichuette, Maria E., 2022, Two new species of the millipede family Trichopolydesmidae from Bahia state northeastern Brazil, including a remarkable threatened troglobiont (Diplopoda, Polydesmida), Zootaxa 5115 (3), pp. 419-437 : 430

Genus Moojenodesmus Schubart, 1945

Type species: Moojenodesmus pygmaeus Schubart, 1945 , from Brazil, by original designation .

Other species included: M. angulifer (Peters, 1864) sensu Carl, 1914, from Colombia, M. armatus ( Kraus, 1959) and M. polydesmoides ( Kraus, 1960), both from Peru, M. arenicola Golovatch, 2001, M. bethaniae Golovatch, 1992, M. irmgardae Golovatch, 1992, M. susannae Golovatch, 1992 and M. wellingtoni Golovatch, 1994, all from the environs of Manaus, Brazil, as well as M. pumilus Schubart, 1944, from several states of Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Amazônia). Because a key exists only to most species occurring near Manaus ( Golovatch 1994), all other relevant descriptions must be consulted for morphological comparisons ( Carl 1914; Schubart 1944, 1945; Kraus 1959, 1960; Golovatch 2001).

Diagnosis. One of the most advanced genera of Trichopolydesmidae with an extremely deeply excavate and strongly enlarged, often transverse gonopodal coxites that form together a very prominent gonocoel cavity which conceals and protects usually rather complex, subtransverse and medially swollen telopodites, uni- to tripartite (including a more or less distinct, mesal, solenomere branch), held parallel to each other ( Golovatch 1992, 1994, 2001). This condition is deemed to represent one of the most advanced in the gonopodal evolution of Neotropical Trichopolydesmidae compared to the developments observed in most of the remaining eight genera that occur in the region ( Golovatch 1992, 1994; Golovatch & Wytwer 2004).