Polydactylogonus, Mesibov, 2025

Mesibov, Robert, 2025, Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae), ZooKeys 1262, pp. 303-333 : 303-333

Polydactylogonus gen. nov.

Type species.

Polydactylogonus sanctogwinear sp. nov., by present designation.

Other assigned species.

None.

Diagnosis.

Distinguished from other Australian dalodesmids by the slender gonopod telopodite ending in a fan-like cluster of five branches.

Description.

As for the type species.

Name.

Greek polys (many) + dactylos (finger), plus “-gonus”, an ending for genus names in Polydesmida that refers to gonopod structure, e. g. Tridactylogonus Jeekel, 1982 . In anterior and posterior view the gonopod telopodite seems to end in five “ fingers ” spread apart. Masculine gender.