Physetoparia Brolemann, 1920

Golovatch, S. I., Fiemapong, A. R. Nzoko, Tamesse, J. L., Mauries, J. - P. & VandenSpiegel, D., 2018, Trichopolydesmidae from Cameroon, 1: The genus Hemisphaeroparia Schubart, 1955. With a genus-level reclassification of Afrotropical genera of the family (Diplopoda, Polydesmida), ZooKeys 785, pp. 49-98 : 57

Genus Physetoparia Brolemann, 1920 stat. n.

Type-species.

Sphaeroparia imbecilla Brolemann, 1920

Synonyms.

Elgonicola Attems, 1939, syn. n. (type-species: Elgonicola jeanneli Attems, 1939); Mabocus Chamberlin, 1951, syn. n. (type-species: Mabocus granulifer Chamberlin, 1951); Heterosphaeroparia Schubart, 1955, syn. n. (type-species: Heterosphaeroparia villiersi Schubart, 1955)

Diagnosis.

Both gonopodal coxae and gonocoel medium-sized; telopodite usually less strongly exposed and less complex (when strongly exposed, then with a protective coxal apicolateral process), with 1-2 strong branches (ab or ab and bb); seminal groove short and simple, solenomere shorter or longer, sometimes exposed, subspiniform (Figs 1C, D, E–F, 2A).

Remarks.

This genus is among the more advanced representatives of Afrotropical Trichopolydesmidae . Mauriès and Heymer (1996: 168) regarded it as a subgenus of Sphaeroparia , with Hemisphaeroparia and possibly also Dendrobrachypus and Trichozonus as synonyms of Physetoparia .