Utiliverpa, Enghoff, 2016

Enghoff, Henrik, 2016, A mountain of millipedes V: three new genera of Odontopygidae from the Udzungwa mountains, Tanzania (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Odontopygidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 221, pp. 1-17 : 13-14

Utiliverpa gen. nov.

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Type species

Utiliverpa decapsulatrix gen. et sp. nov.

Other included species

None.

Diagnosis

A genus of Odontopygidae-Prionopetalini characterized by: a long basad metaplical spine (msp) on the anterior side of the coxa – a compact torsotope (tt) – lack of pretorsal or torsal spines/processes – a pronounced posttorsal narrowing without spines – a division of the telopodite into solenomere (slm) and telomere (tlm) immediately distal to posttorsal narrowing – a spine (ps) emerging from the base of the solenomere – a ribbonlike solenomere which is accommodated in the concavity of the telomere and which apically is divided into a long hook and a subapical pointed lobe.

Etymology

From Latin utilis: useful, and verpa: penis. Refers to the shape of the solenomere which resembles a very useful instrument: a bottle-opener. Gender feminine.

Remarks

In the key of Kraus (1966) U. decapsulatrix gen. et sp. nov. runs to Rhamphidarpoides Kraus, 1960 . This genus has been a repository for a number of quite different species, but was given a more strict definition by Frederiksen & Enghoff (2015). The new species does not fit the definition of Rhamphidarpoides s.s., nor of Raduliverpa Frederiksen & Enghoff, 2015 , which was erected to accommodate several species formerly assigned to Rhamphidarpoides . I therefore propose a new genus here, but leave the question open whether some of the species “orphaned” from Rhamphidarpoides by Frederiksen & Enghoff (2015) might belong here.