Genus Globanus Attems, 1914

Type species.

Spirostreptus integer Karsch, 1884, by original designation.

Diagnosis

(after Krabbe 1982, with modifications). A genus of moderate-sized millipedes (up to 65 mm long with relatively short legs (ca 60% of maximum body diameter)). Gnathochilarium notable in that the surface sculpture of the mentum shows a submedian transverse groove (Fig. 2D, sg). Gonopod metaplica extended into an apicolateral projection, proplica slender, with or without a distolateral spine. Telopodite with a long, slender, antetorsal process, with a post-torsal process situated more distally, with 2 or 3 lobes proximal to an attenuating and slender tip.

Distribution.

São Tomé and Príncipe islands.

Species included.

Globanus integer (Karsch, 1884), G. marginescaber (Karsch, 1884), G. drewesi sp. nov.