Raduliverpa, Frederiksen, Sara B. & Enghoff, Henrik, 2015

Frederiksen, Sara B. & Enghoff, Henrik, 2015, East African odontopygid millipedes 4: A restricted redefinition of the genus Rhamphidarpoides Kraus, 1960, a related new genus, five new species, and notes on solenomere function (Diplopoda; Spirostreptida; Odontopygidae), Zootaxa 3926 (4), pp. 541-560 : 551

Raduliverpa n.gen.

Type species: Raduliverpa serpentispinus n.sp.

Diagnosis. Gonopod coxa simple with a basad spine or fold on apex, telomere short and lamellate with a proximal telomeric/basomeric spine. Torsotope not extended. Solenomere same length as telomere, lamellate, distally broadening, more or less leaf-shaped, one longitudinal edge dark, with ridges at least distally. Limbus simply serrated.

Etymology. Raduliverpa is a Latin noun, combined of radula = scraper and verpa = penis, and refers to the shape and inferred function of the solenomere. Gender feminine.

Distribution. DR Congo, Tanzania and Kenya