Dysmicodesmus, n. gen.

Type species. D. jeekeli, n. sp., here designated.

Diagnosis. Small H+19 dalodesmids (males <10 mm long) with three transverse rows of low tubercles on each metatergite, and with long, straight, basally fused telopodites terminating in a cluster of processes, with the solenomere bearing minute, irregular, lumpy growths adjoining the prostatic groove.

Etymology. Greek dysmikos, 'western', + -desmus, commonly used suffix for genus names in Polydesmida, masculine gender.