Cryptacanthophorella, Antić, Dragan Ž. & Makarov, Slobodan E., 2016

Antić, Dragan Ž. & Makarov, Slobodan E., 2016, The Caucasus as a major hotspot of biodiversity: Evidence from the millipede family Anthroleucosomatidae (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida), Zootaxa 4211 (1), pp. 1-205 : 156

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4211.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6B86C6BA-6AFE-4AAD-870D-04794C138D47
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6074474
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B7878C-FF4C-CDA5-FF4C-E8EDB5D7E886
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Cryptacanthophorella
status	gen. nov.

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Genus Cryptacanthophorella View in CoL gen. nov.

Diagnosis. The new genus clearly differs from the other Caucasian anthroleucosomatids by the presence of a pair of hidden processes situated on both sides of the medial part of the anterior gonopods, with only their upper third visible, and by the presence of a spatulated lamellar process on male leg-pair 7.

Etymology. To emphasize the presence of a pair of hidden processes on the anterior gonopods.

Description. See below.

Distribution. Georgia ( Fig. 169 View FIGURE 169 , violet rhombus).

Type species. Cryptacanthophorella manubriata gen. et sp. nov, by present designation.