Genus Sphaeroparia Attems, 1909

Type-species:

Sphaeroparia minuta Attems, 1909

Synonym:

Megaloparia Brolemann, 1920, synonymized by Mauriès and Heymer (1996: 167) (type-species: Sphaeroparia lignivora Brolemann, 1920)

Diagnosis.

Both gonopodal coxae and gonocoel relatively small; telopodite strongly exposed, complex, with at least two strong branches (ab and bb, the latter may be subdivided into two, including fl); seminal groove short and simple, solenomere on caudal face, shorter or longer, spiniform, with or without a pulvillus (pu) near end (Figure 1A).

Remark.

This genus is presumably among the basalmost representatives of Afrotropical Trichopolydesmidae .