Odontopygidae Attems 1909

Frederiksen, Sara B., 2013, East African odontopygid millipedes 3: Two new genera; Lamelloramus and Aquattuor proposed to contain three new species (Diplopoda; Spirostreptida; Odontopygidae), Zootaxa 3694 (1), pp. 59-66 : 60

Family Odontopygidae Attems 1909

Diagnosis: A family of Spirostreptida , suborder Spirostreptidea, differing from other families of the suborder by usually having the anal valves produced dorsally into a spine and often also ventrally with a somewhat smaller spine-like projection, by having the gonopod telopodites curving mesad and crossing over (curving laterad in other families) and by having the ninth pair of male legs represented by a visible sternal remnant (‘posterior sternum,’ absent in other families).

Distribution: Sub-Saharan Africa excluding Madagascar. Introduced on the Cape Verde Islands.