Asticopyrgodesmus Mesibov

Mesibov, Robert, 2012, The first native Pyrgodesmidae (Diplopoda, Polydesmida) from Australia, ZooKeys 217, pp. 63-85 : 65

Genus Asticopyrgodesmus Mesibov gen. n.

Type species.

Asticopyrgodesmus maiala Mesibov, sp. n., by present designation.

Other assigned species.

Asticopyrgodesmus lamingtonensis Mesibov, sp. n.

Diagnosis.

With head + 19 or head + 20 rings; collum not covering head in dorsal view; metatergal tubercles patterned in 4 transverse rows; no enlargement of paramedian or dorsolateral tubercles; ozopores on porosteles; gonopod telopodite distally with rod-like, medial solenomere curving laterally towards much larger, mediolaterally flattened lateral branch.

Etymology.

Greek astikos, ‘urban’ (referring to the occurrence of the type species in the most densely populated part of Queensland), + the type genus of the family, Pyrgodesmus Pocock, 1892; gender masculine.