Euxinopetalum Hoffman, 1973

Antić, Dragan, Aleksić, Tamara, Milovanović, Jelena & Elverici, Mert, 2024, Rediscovery of Euxinopetalum dobatorum Hoffman, 1973 (Diplopoda, Callipodida, Schizopetalidae) in Turkey, Caucasiana 3, pp. 223-234 : 223-234

Genus Euxinopetalum Hoffman, 1973

Type and only species.

Euxinopetalum dobatorum Hoffman, 1973 , by original designation.

Diagnosis.

Differs from all other genera of the family Schizopetalidae by the presence of the rudimentary leg pair 2 in the females (vs leg pair 2 normal in other genera). It also differs from all other Schizopetalidae genera, with the exception of the genus Himatiopetalum Verhoeff, 1900 , by the presence of an undivided hypoproct (vs hypoproct divided into three subsclerites in other genera).

In addition, this is one of the smallest callipodids, with a length of 13–15 mm in males and 15.5–23 mm in females, and with the lowest known number of segments recorded in the order, 36 and 38 in adults. Gonopods relatively simple, without sternal remnants; telopodites attached to coxa posteriorly, main stem columnar, simple and straight, distally with several processes; coxal process simple and sigmoid.