Cernethia Mesibov

Mesibov, Robert, 2015, A new genus and species of dalodesmid millipede from New South Wales, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae), ZooKeys 517, pp. 141-148 : 142-143

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.517.10187
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B6A7723E-A29E-4003-8DAC-87D92CEDEFF3
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/09602805-528E-411A-9C96-B2EB11037259
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:09602805-528E-411A-9C96-B2EB11037259
treatment provided by	ZooKeys by Pensoft
scientific name	Cernethia Mesibov
status	gen. n.

Treatment

Taxon classification Animalia Polydesmida Dalodesmidae

Genus Cernethia Mesibov View in CoL gen. n.

Type species.

Cernethia inopinata sp. n., by present designation.

Other assigned species.

None.

Diagnosis.

Superficially resembling Atalopharetra Mesibov, 2005, Bromodesmus Mesibov, 2004 and Victoriombrus Mesibov, 2004 in having reduced paranota and an acrid defensive secretion. Distinguished from these three genera by having head+19 rings vs. head+20 rings body plan, and pore formula 5+7-18 vs. 5+7+9-19 in Victoriombrus and the normal pore formula in Atalopharetra and Bromodesmus . Similar to Noteremus , Paredrodesmus and Procophorella in head+19 rings, pore formula 5+7-18 and a trapezoidal array of spinnerets; distinguished from these three genera in having sphaerotrichomes on male legs.

Description.

As for the type species.

Name.

Anagram of ‘Catherine’, for the millipede specialist Catherine Car, collector of the type specimens; gender feminine.