Namibostreptus, Mwabvu, Tarombera, Hamer, Michelle, Slotow, Robert & Barraclough, David, 2009

Mwabvu, Tarombera, Hamer, Michelle, Slotow, Robert & Barraclough, David, 2009, A revision of the taxonomy and distribution of Spirostreptus Brandt 1833 (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Spirostreptidae) with descriptions of a new species and a new genus of spirostreptid millipede, Zootaxa 2211, pp. 36-56 : 49

Namibostreptus gen. n.

Type species: Spirostreptus kymatorhabdus Attems 1914

Etymology: Named for Namibia, the country of provenance of the type species (Gender: Masculine).

Diagnosis: Proplica length approximately half that of gonopod ( Fig. 8 a). Apical proplica with an acute medial tip; proplica wide, with a concavity apically; distal metaplica with large proximal convex lateral lobe, short lateral process and short laterally deflected end process. Convex lobe extending beyond the lateral edge of proplica. End process of distal metaplica at approximately right angle with the short lateral process.

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FIGURE 8. Namibostreptus kymatorhabdus (ZMB 2043). a, oral view of gonopods; b, aboral view of gonopods; c, oral view of prefemoral lobe of first pair of male legs; d, lateral view of collum. Abbreviations: p, proplica; m, metaplica; clb, convex lateral lobe; dlp, distal lateral process; ep, end process; tp, telopodite; at, antetorsal process; pc, paracoxite; cf, collum fold; al, anterior lobe; pfl, prefemoral lobe.