Angelodesmus Schubart, 1962

Angelodesmus Schubart, 1962: 258 .

Type species: A. costalimai Schubart, 1962, by original designation; Hoffman, 1976: 173; Hoffman, 1980: 151; Shelley et al. 2000: 84

Diagnosis. Males of Angelodesmus differ from those of other Arthrosolaenomeridini genera by the combination of the following characters: stipes of the gnathochilarium with lateral folds; gonocoxae acuminate in ectal view (Fig. 19F); dorso-basal lobe in the prefemoral process absent (Fig. 19D); apex of the solenomere with the terminal zone marked by a stretch mark (Figs 19D, F, arrows).

Description. General characters: Coloration (specimen long preserved in 70% ethanol) whitish yellow, paranota tip and posterior border of the metaterga slightly whitish. Gnathochilarium: lingual plate covered completely by sparsely setae; mentum only centrally covered by setae, with smooth edges and stipes completely covered by sparsely setae and positioned mainly in the median region, presenting lateral folds. Body rings: cuticle slightly rough; alignment of paranota in posterior view straight; sternite of the fourth segment with a pair of projections, sternites of the fifth and sixth segments with two pairs of intumescences also covered by setae, the posterior pair less conspicuous; leg pair of the third body ring missing. Sternite of sixth body ring with two pairs of ventral projections; seventh body ring without projections and post-gonopodal sternites with two pairs of rounded ventral projections (Fig. 30D). Paranota form: round (Fig. 19B). Legs: without modifications only a slightly dorsal lobe on prefemur (Fig. 31D).

Male characters: Leg pair of the third body ring missing, as well as the genital papilla. Posterior edge of the gonopod aperture without projections, excavated. Gonopods: gonocoxae equivalent to about half the length of the telopodite, cylindrical and acuminated in ectal view, without a spiniform process (Fig. 19F). Prefemoral process: elongate and thin, without a dorso-basal process (Fig. 19D). Cingulum in a middle position (Fig. 19F). Solenomere also long and thin with apex ascending (Fig. 19D).

Female characters: Unknown.

Distribution. State of Goiás, Brazil (Fig. 28).

Composition. Now considered as monotypic: Angelodesmus costalimai Schubart, 1962 .