taxonID	type	description	language	source
CD79AFC2667D56B38C4093F7D9FBD012.taxon	description	Figs 3, 15 A	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
CD79AFC2667D56B38C4093F7D9FBD012.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Adult males distinguished from Araneopedis buffalo sp. nov. by the similar sizes of posterior rings vs enlarged rings; and from other species of Araneopedis gen. nov. by the solenomere flattened and with a wide distal-facing concavity.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
CD79AFC2667D56B38C4093F7D9FBD012.taxon	description	Description. As for the genus, with the following details. Male / female length ca 9.0 / 9.0 mm, maximum midbody width 0.8 / 0.8 mm, midbody metatergite width ca 1.4 × prozonite width. Telopodite base with upturned basal margin (Fig. 3 A), sparsely setose. Division of telopodite into lateral and medial branches and solenomere at ca 1 / 2 telopodite height; telopodite bulging posteriorly below division. Lateral branch (Fig. 3 B) a little taller than medial branch, narrow, flattened mediolaterally, bowed medially, tip curving posteriorly and pointed, lateral margin with triangular extension at ca 3 / 4 branch height. Medial branch widening from base and broadly truncate, concave posteriorly. Solenomere mediolaterally flattened, extending distally, then curving anterodistally, creating wide distal-facing concavity in profile, then tapering and curving posteriorly and terminating in posteriorly directed point with the opening of the prostatic groove.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
CD79AFC2667D56B38C4093F7D9FBD012.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Collected from two locality clusters near Dinner Plain and east of Falls Creek in the Victorian mountains (Fig. 15 A), a linear range of ca 19 km, in subalpine woodland from 1620 to 1665 m. Possibly parapatric with A. porchi sp. nov.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
A2E037D63F2D5B06862DDD30774DE1E2.taxon	description	Figs 4, 5 A, 15 A	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
A2E037D63F2D5B06862DDD30774DE1E2.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Adult males distinguished from other species of Araneopedis gen. nov. by the posterior rings being enlarged vs of similar size to anterior rings (Fig. 5). Distinguished from A. bogong sp. nov. by the lack of a wide distal-facing concavity in the solenomere; from A. porchi sp. nov. and A. dargo sp. nov. by the terminal division of the lateral branch of the gonopod telopodite; and from A. gibbae sp. nov. by much larger size and presence of a terminal, posteriorly directed spine on the medial branch.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
A2E037D63F2D5B06862DDD30774DE1E2.taxon	description	Description. As for the genus, with the following details. Male / female length ca 9.0 / 8.5 mm, maximum midbody width 0.9 / 0.8, midbody metatergite width 1.3 × prozonite width. Telopodite base with upturned basal margin (Fig. 4 A), sparsely setose. Lateral branch arising lower on telopodite than medial branch + solenomere at ca 1 / 2 telopodite height, somewhat flattened mediolaterally, curving anterodistally, divided at ca 1 / 3 branch height into medial process and shorter lateral process with two posteriorly directed subapical teeth; medial process expanded medially as rounded tab anterior to medial branch tab, then extending distally with thin, mediolaterally flattened, pointed apex. Medial branch curving anterodistally and expanding medially as rounded tab with posteriorly directed spine arising medially on posterior surface; distal to expanded section curving posteriorly, apex truncate and extending anterolaterally as short blunt spine and posteromedially as longer, thinner spine. Lateral and medial branches reaching same height overall. Solenomere on posterior telopodite surface, thin and subcylindrical, curving first anteriorly, then distolaterally, the tip curving posterodistally; prostatic groove opening at end of tip. On anterior surface of telopodite, a mediolaterally flattened, subquadrate tab arising at level of medial branch origin, directed anteriorly.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
A2E037D63F2D5B06862DDD30774DE1E2.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Collected near Mt Buffalo and Mt Buller in the Victorian mountains (Fig. 15 A), in alpine and subalpine grassland and woodland from 1370 to 1740 m.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
E5F9FEC08C045290B5F44C8C0F3173B3.taxon	description	Figs 6, 15 A	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
E5F9FEC08C045290B5F44C8C0F3173B3.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Adult males distinguished from A. buffalo sp. nov. by the posterior rings being of similar size to anterior rings vs enlarged; and from A. buffalo sp. nov. and other species of Araneopedis gen. nov. by the medial branch of the gonopod telopodite being much taller than the lateral branch.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
E5F9FEC08C045290B5F44C8C0F3173B3.taxon	description	Description. As for the genus, with the following details. Male / female length ca 8.5 / 8.0 mm, maximum midbody width 0.75 / 0.7. 5 mm, midbody metatergite width ca 1.4 × prozonite width. Telopodite base with upturned basal margin (Fig. 6 A, B), sparsely setose with long setae. Proximal portion of telopodite bulbous, expanded posteriorly. Lateral branch arising near telopodite base, extending distally as strap-like structure with near-constant width, tilted medially to stand just posterior to medial branch, the tip curving posteriorly and bluntly pointed. Medial branch similarly strap-like but thicker and longer than lateral branch, somewhat sinuous in outline, the apex bent laterally and tapering to blunt point distal to tip of lateral branch; subapically on anterolateral edge with blunt, spine-projection tightly curving posterodistally. Solenomere arising from top of bulbous telopodite section at ca 1 / 2 telopodite height, directed anteromedially, flattened, the truncate distal edge with short pointed tooth posteriorly and longer, spine-like extension curving distolaterally and terminating with opening of prostatic groove. Prostatic groove running along anterior edge of solenomere.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
E5F9FEC08C045290B5F44C8C0F3173B3.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Collected on the Dargo High Plains in the Victorian mountains (Fig. 15 A), in subalpine grassland and shrubland from 1525 to 1545 m.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
91551C21BD885E8684187B8849829B65.taxon	description	Figs 5 B, 7, 15 A	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
91551C21BD885E8684187B8849829B65.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Adult males distinguished from A. buffalo sp. nov. by the posterior rings being of similar size to anterior rings vs enlarged, and by the much smaller body size; from A. dargo sp. nov. by the lateral and medial branches of the gonopod telopodite being equally tall vs lateral branch much shorter than medial branch; from A. porchi sp. nov. by the divided vs undivided lateral branch; and from A. bogong sp. nov. by the lack of a wide distal-facing concavity in the solenomere.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
91551C21BD885E8684187B8849829B65.taxon	description	Description. As for the genus, with the following details. Male / female length ca 7 / 7 mm, maximum midbody width 0.6 / 0.7 mm, midbody metatergite width ca 1.3 × prozonite width. Telopodite base with upturned basal margin (Fig. 7 A), sparsely setose. Lateral branch arising lower on telopodite than medial branch + solenomere at ca 1 / 2 telopodite height, somewhat flattened mediolaterally, curving anterodistally, divided at ca 1 / 2 branch height into medial process and shorter lateral process with two posteriorly directed subapical teeth; medial process expanded medially as rounded tab anterior to medial branch tab, then extending distally with thin, mediolaterally flattened, pointed apex. Medial branch extending distally, then curving anterodistally and expanding into bulbous section with posteriorly directed spine on posterior surface; distal to bulbous section tapering and curving laterally, with a second posteriorly directed spine on posterior surface. Lateral and medial branches reaching same height overall. Solenomere on posterior telopodite surface, thin and subcylindrical, curving first anteriorly, then distolaterally, the tip curving posterodistally; prostatic groove opening at end of tip. On anterior surface of telopodite, a mediolaterally flattened, subquadrate tab arising at level of medial branch origin, directed anteriorly with distal corner projecting.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
91551C21BD885E8684187B8849829B65.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Collected near Mt Howitt in the Victorian mountains (Fig. 15 A), in subalpine woodland from 1610 to 1630 m.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
A91EEB5F18D55952B8AECC6DABE5BBD2.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Araneopedis porchi sp. nov., by present designation.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
A91EEB5F18D55952B8AECC6DABE5BBD2.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gonopod telopodite split at 1 / 3 to 1 / 2 height into large, erect, similarly sized, lateral and medial branches, with a smaller, shorter, separate, posteromedial solenomere. The only other Australasian dalodesmid with a gonopod split into similarly sized branches with a separate solenomere is Paurodesmus sjoestedti (Verhoeff, 1924) (Mesibov 2008 b), but in that species the solenomere is nearly as large as the medial and lateral branches and arises basally, rather than at ca 1 / 2 telopodite height.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
A91EEB5F18D55952B8AECC6DABE5BBD2.taxon	description	Description. Small dalodesmids ca 7 – 9 mm long with body plan head + 19 rings (including telson). Male colour in alcohol pale brownish-yellow, darker on head, distally on antennae and marginally on tergites and metatergites. Head with vertex sparsely setose, frons and clypeus setose; vertigial sulcus reaching ca 1 / 2 way to level of line between top of antennal sockets. Sockets separated by ca 2 × socket diameter. Antenna almost reaching tergite 3 when manipulated. Relative antennomere lengths (6, 3)> 2> (4, 5), 6 widest. Relative tergite widths 6> 5> 4> 3> 2> collum; rings 6 – 16 subequal in width, 17 and 18 narrower. Collum much narrower than head, ovoid in dorsal view, corner rounded. Paranotal margin on ring 2 lower than ring 3 margin; large pit ventrally under ring 2 paranotum. Midbody paranotal margin at ca 2 / 3 ring height, level; paranotum with anterior corner gently convex, laterally very slightly convex and slightly wider behind, with a few short marginal setae laterally and posteriorly; posterior margin more or less straight; posterior corner slightly projecting on last few rings. Metatergites with 3 transverse rows of low bumps carrying short setae where not abraded; anterior row of bumps narrowest, posterior row widest. Limbus an irregular row of blunt doubled spines. Pore formula normal; ozopore opening dorsally at posterolateral corner of paranotum. Epiproct extending a little beyond anal valves, sides slightly concave, apex truncate; spinnerets in square array. Hypoproct trapezoidal. Sternites slightly wider than long, impressions shallow, transverse impression a little deeper than longitudinal impression. Spiracles small, round or slightly ovoid, on diplosegments with posterior spiracle between leg bases. Length of midbody leg ca 1.5 – 1.7 × midbody ring diameter. Relative podomere lengths tarsus >> (prefemur, femur) >> (postfemur, tibia); tarsus very slightly curved. Anterior legs somewhat swollen, prefemur and femur arched dorsally. Numerous sphaerotrichomes on anterior leg tarsus, tibia; sphaerotrichomes with pointed shafts strongly declined and with flattened globular bases. Brush setae on prefemur and femur, tapering to blunt points, often curving proximally. Gonopore opening distomedially on leg 2 coxa. Aperture transversely ovoid, ca 1 / 2 width of ring 7 prozonite, rim projecting a little posterolaterally. Retracted gonopod telopodites reaching just past leg 6. Ring 6 sternite excavate with short setal brushes laterally, supporting retracted telopodites. Telopodites erect, closely appressed, divided into lateral branch, medial branch and posteromedial solenomere. Female closely similar to male, with shorter legs; epigynum slightly raised, subrectangular; cyphopods not examined in any species.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
58DE54939B3E5C379873D08DC7FFCA1B.taxon	description	Figs 1, 2, 15 A	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
58DE54939B3E5C379873D08DC7FFCA1B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Adult males distinguished from Araneopedis buffalo sp. nov. by the similar sizes of posterior rings vs enlarged rings; from A. buffalo sp. nov. and A. gibbae sp. nov. by the undivided vs divided lateral branch; from A. dargo sp. nov. by the equally tall lateral and medial branches vs much taller medial branch; and from A. bogong sp. nov. by the simply curved solenomere vs solenomere with a wide distal-facing concavity.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
58DE54939B3E5C379873D08DC7FFCA1B.taxon	description	Description. As for the genus, with the following details. Male / female length ca 7 / 7 mm, maximum midbody width 0.6 / 0.6 mm, midbody metatergite width 1.5 × prozonite width. Telopodite (Fig. 1) with basal margin upturned. Telopodite erect, bulging posteriorly at ca 1 / 4 telopodite height, sparsely setose posteriorly at base and posterolaterally, divided at ca 1 / 2 telopodite height into lateral and medial branches of equal height. Lateral branch (Fig. 1) somewhat flattened anteroposteriorly, C-shaped with concavity on posterior side, tip directed posteriorly and bluntly pointed. Medial branch with rounded shoulder laterally at base, bent a little laterally before extending distally, widening slightly and bent posteriorly at apex, the tip with blunt tooth at lateral corner. Solenomere arising posterior to telopodite division, expanded posteriorly, curving laterally and flattening mediolaterally, the posterior edge forming a rounded triangle, then tapering strongly and bending posteriorly, the tip pointed posteriorly below lateral and medial branch tips. Prostatic groove running on medial surface of telopodite and along anterior edge of solenomere to open at solenomere tip.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
58DE54939B3E5C379873D08DC7FFCA1B.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Collected from two locality clusters near Mt Hotham and Mt McKay in the Victorian mountains (Fig. 15 A) with a linear range of ca 16 km, in alpine and subalpine grassland and woodland from 1725 to 1860 m. Possibly parapatric with A. bogong sp. nov.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
DB2244F332145C26B7393AA3459AAE97.taxon	description	Figs 8, 15 B	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
DB2244F332145C26B7393AA3459AAE97.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Solenomere with medial portion directed anteromedially in Cernethia dysmica sp. nov., directed distally in C. inopinata; small, finger-like, posterobasally directed process near telopodite division in C. inopinata lacking in C. dysmica sp. nov. Medial process of telopodite more or less straight in C. inopinata, sinuous in C. dysmica sp. nov.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
DB2244F332145C26B7393AA3459AAE97.taxon	description	Description. Males and females as for C. inopinata, including colour pattern in alcohol (Fig. 8 A); length ca 14 – 15 mm. Gonopod telopodite (Fig. 8 B left, C) erect, subcylindrical, tapering from base, divided at ca 1 / 2 telopodite height into mediolaterally flattened, lateral solenomere and medial branch. Solenomere divided near apex; lateral portion carrying prostatic groove, medial portion short, finger-like, directed anteromedially; lateral portion with very small spine-like process directed posterolaterally, sometimes broken off; solenomere tip rounded and slightly expanded posteriorly. Medial branch of telopodite flattened mediolaterally, directed distolaterally, then sinuously curving distomedially, with small tooth on anterior edge at ca 1 / 3 branch height; medial branch terminating just distal to solenomere tip. Prostatic groove on medial surface of telopodite, running between telopodite branches and following solenomere to tip. Female a little shorter than male, stouter and with thinner legs; epigynum elevated medially; cyphopods not examined.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
DB2244F332145C26B7393AA3459AAE97.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Collected in subalpine woodland at 1590 to 1880 m, at several localities from Dead Horse Gap to Rennix Gap in Kosciuszko National Park, NSW, a linear range of ca 20 km (Fig. 15 B).	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
83AD387D8F855DCF849BFA530EE42843.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Cernethia inopinata Mesibov, 2015 by original designation.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
A5EFEFE241705912AB4E83AA367B3FAB.taxon	description	Figs 9 B, 11, 16 A	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
A5EFEFE241705912AB4E83AA367B3FAB.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Much larger than D. minor sp. nov. and D. oedipus sp. nov. Solenomere with apex expanded vs not expanded in D. sladei sp. nov.; the major telopodite division into medial branch and solenomere at ca 1 / 3 telopodite height vs 2 / 3 height in D. minor sp. nov.; solenomere obscuring medial branch vs well-separated from medial branch in D. oedipus sp. nov.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
A5EFEFE241705912AB4E83AA367B3FAB.taxon	description	Description. As for the genus, with the following details. Male colour in alcohol pale yellow, sometimes with fine reddish-brown speckling at collum and paranotal margins. Length ca 13 mm, maximum midbody diameter 1.6 mm. Antenna reaching tergite 3 when manipulated dorsally; relative antennomere lengths 3> (2, 6)> (4, 5); 6 widest. Metatergites with posterior corners projecting a little, more on rings 14 – 17. Midbody leg ca 1.4 × ring diameter. Brush setae (Fig. 11 A) dense, tapering to point curving distally on coxa / trochanter, prefemur, femur, with a few on postfemur, without mid-height notch; sphaerotrichomes (Fig. 11 B) on postfemur, tibia and tarsus with flattened globular base and tapering shaft, the shaft declined distally and flattened. Gonopod telopodites (Figs 9 B, 11 C) straight, almost reaching legpair 4 when retracted, setose posterolaterally to ca 1 / 3 telopodite height. Telopodite divided at ca 1 / 2 height into medial branch and solenomere. Medial branch gradually tapering, divided near base into medial and lateral processes tapering to points, the lateral process a little longer. Solenomere gently curving medially near base, divided at ca 3 / 4 telopodite height into posteromedial and anterolateral processes. Posteromedial process stout, pointed, terminating below other telopodite processes. Anterolateral process subcylindrical, expanding near tip and divided into a stout, pointed, lateral subprocess and a medial subprocess curving medially towards the lateral subprocess tip, and with small subapical tooth curving posterodistally and carrying the termination of the prostatic groove.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
A5EFEFE241705912AB4E83AA367B3FAB.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Collected at two sites ca 2.5 km apart near Mt St Gwinear (Fig. 16 A), in wet sclerophyll forest at 1035 m and cool temperate rainforest at 1270 m. Co-occurs with D. minor sp. nov.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
388F578E6AD951F3A3F6A86D716C88B7.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Dibologonus sladei sp. nov., by present designation.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
388F578E6AD951F3A3F6A86D716C88B7.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished from other described Australian dalodesmids by the very slender gonopod telopodite split into a medial branch and a lateral solenomere with a helical prostatic groove; the two branches straight, extending distally in parallel and close together.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
388F578E6AD951F3A3F6A86D716C88B7.taxon	description	Description. Males and females with body plan head + 19 rings (including telson). Male with vertex sparsely setose, frons and clypeus setose; vertigial sulcus reaching 1 / 2 way to top of antennal sockets; sockets separated by ca 2 × socket diameter. Relative ring widths: 6> 5> 4> 3> 2> collum; ring widths 6 – 13 subequal, diminishing posteriorly; head approximately as wide as ring 4 or 5. Collum half-moon-shaped in dorsal view, posteriorly slightly emarginate, corner bluntly rounded. Tergite 2 without ventral pit; paranotal margin a little lower than tergite 3 margin. Midbody paranotal margin at ca 1 / 2 ring height, level. Paranotum with anterior corner rounded, laterally gently convex, posterior corner not or only slightly projecting. Midbody ring with metatergite width ca 1.3 – 1.4 × prozonite width; waist well-defined. Metatergite nearly smooth, with 2 transverse rows and a posterior marginal row of very small setae. Pore formula normal, ozopore near posterior corner of paranotum. Limbus a simple row of spine-like elements. Spiracles small, round, barely raised above pleurite surface, on diplosegments with posterior spiracle between leg bases. Sternites a little longer than wide, transverse impression deeper and wider than longitudinal impression, variably setose. Relative podomere lengths of midbody leg: tarsus> femur> prefemur> (postfemur, tibia); tarsus straight. Epiproct short, conical; hypoproct subtrapezoidal or broadly paraboloid; spinnerets in square array. Gonopore small, opening distomedially on leg 2 coxa. Gonocoxae small, subconical, lightly joined distomedially. Aperture a little longer than wide, ca 1 / 2 ring 7 prozonite width, margin produced posterolaterally. Gonopod telopodites slender, straight, split into medial branch and lateral solenomere; ring 6 sternite excavate to accommodate retracted telopodites, with small tufts of setae above leg bases. Prostatic groove running from medial surface at telopodite base across posterior surface, then between medial branch and solenomere and curving in spiral around solenomere (left-handed spiral on left telopodite, right-handed spiral on right telopodite).	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
649CFDA30B945C309ABCBE4BC1192382.taxon	description	Figs 9 C, 12, 16 A	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
649CFDA30B945C309ABCBE4BC1192382.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Much smaller than D. sladei sp. nov. and D. major sp. nov. Distinguished from the other three species of Dibologonus gen. nov. in having the major division into medial branch and solenomere at ca 2 / 3 telopodite height vs 1 / 3 height.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
649CFDA30B945C309ABCBE4BC1192382.taxon	description	Description. As for the genus, with the following details. Colour in alcohol pale yellow, sometimes with fine reddish-brown speckling at collum and paranotal margins. Adult male / female approximate measurements: length 8 / 9 mm, maximum midbody diameter 0.8 / 0.9. Male with antenna almost reaching tergite 3 when manipulated dorsally; relative antennomere lengths 6> 3> 2> (4, 5); 6 widest. Metatergites slightly wider posteriorly, midbody metatergite width ca 1.2 × prozonite width. Midbody leg ca 1.4 × ring diameter. Brush setae tapering to point curving a little proximally, with mid-height notch as in D. sladei sp. nov. on coxa / trochanter, prefemur, femur; sphaerotrichomes (Fig. 12 C) on postfemur, tibia and tarsus with very small globular base and pointed shaft, the tip not curving. Gonopod telopodites (Figs 9 C, 12 A, B) straight, almost reaching legpair 5 when retracted, sparsely setose posterolaterally to ca 1 / 2 telopodite height. Telopodite divided at ca 2 / 3 telopodite height into medial branch and solenomere. Medial branch divided near base into medial and lateral processes, the medial process shorter and further divided into parallel, bluntly pointed subprocesses; medial branch hidden in posterior view by solenomere. Solenomere divided at ca 3 / 4 telopodite height into anterolateral process and posteromedial process, with small rounded tooth on posterior telopodite surface near division. Anterolateral process flattened, curving slightly medially near tip, the apex with a cluster of four or five small teeth. Posteromedial process with small, horn-like, posterior subprocess curving laterally, the prostatic groove terminating at tip; posteromedial process then extending distally as flattened subprocess, becoming cylindrical and curving posterolaterally, with minute teeth on margins and at apex, and with small, basally directed tooth above horn-like subprocess. Female a little larger than male, epigynum subrectangular; cyphopods not examined.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
649CFDA30B945C309ABCBE4BC1192382.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Collected over a ca 9 km linear range near Mt Baw Baw (Fig. 16 A), in subalpine woodland and riparian rainforest from 760 to 1560 m. Co-occurs with D. major sp. nov.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
1BB54D6297A451179E4A249587F21CB7.taxon	description	Figs 9 D, 13, 16 A	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
1BB54D6297A451179E4A249587F21CB7.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Smaller than D. sladei sp. nov. and D. major sp. nov. Distinguished from D. minor sp. nov. in having the major telopodite division at 1 / 3 telopodite height vs 2 / 3 height; distinguished from D. sladei sp. nov. by the expanded vs non-expanded apex of the solenomere; distinguished from D. major sp. nov. by the solenomere being well-separated from the medial branch, not obscuring it. In most male specimens, distinguished from D. sladei sp. nov., D. major sp. nov. and D. minor sp. nov. by modified right and left legs 13, 15 or 17.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
1BB54D6297A451179E4A249587F21CB7.taxon	description	Description. As for the genus, with the following details. Colour in alcohol uniformly pale yellow, sometimes with fine brown speckling at collum and paranotal margins. Adult male / female approximate measurements: length 9 / 8 mm, midbody diameter 0.9 / 0.8. Male with antenna almost reaching tergite 3 when manipulated dorsally; relative antennomere lengths 6> 3> 2> (4, 5); 6 widest. Posterior corners of paranota not projecting. Midbody metatergite width ca 1.2 × prozonite width. Midbody leg ca 1.7 × ring diameter. Legpairs 13, 15 or 17 may be greatly modified: prefemur, femur, postfemur and claw reduced in length, tibia and tarsus fused into swollen structure with dense ventral setation (Fig. 13 A). Brush setae dense, tapering to slightly curved point, without mid-height notch, on coxa / trochanter, prefemur, femur; sphaerotrichomes with slightly flattened globular base and pointed shaft on postfemur, tibia and tarsus. Gonopod telopodites (Figs 9 D, 13 B) straight, almost reaching legpair 5 when retracted. Telopodite divided at ca 1 / 3 telopodite height into medial branch and solenomere. Medial branch flattened, with small, tab-like posterolateral extension at ca 1 / 2 branch height; divided at ca 3 / 4 telopodite height into closely appressed medial and lateral processes: medial process shorter, flattened, tapering to blunt point; lateral process subcylindrical, tapering to blunt point a little distal to first division of solenomere. Solenomere well-separated from medial branch, divided at ca 7 / 8 telopodite height into medial and lateral processes, closely appressed, the lateral process tapering and terminating at level of prostatic groove opening on medial process. Medial process divided into leaf-like lateral portion curving medially, with small triangular extension on posterior margin, and well-separated, shorter, medial portion terminating in 3 small teeth, the central tooth having the prostatic groove opening and the most lateral tooth bluntly bifurcate. Female a little smaller than male and with thinner, legs never modified; epigynum raised medially in low, rounded triangle; cyphopods not examined.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
1BB54D6297A451179E4A249587F21CB7.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Collected over a ca 125 km linear range from Namadgi National Park in the Australian Capital Territory to Kosciuszko National Park in New South Wales (Fig. 16 A), in subalpine woodland and shrubland from 1485 to 1880 m.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
2D99218862B75E58BF3E964194519223.taxon	description	Figs 9 A, 10, 16 A	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
2D99218862B75E58BF3E964194519223.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Much larger than D. minor sp. nov. and D. oedipus sp. nov. Solenomere with apex not expanded as in D. major sp. nov. and D. oedipus sp. nov.; major telopodite division into medial branch and solenomere at ca 1 / 3 telopodite height vs 2 / 3 height as in D. minor sp. nov.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
2D99218862B75E58BF3E964194519223.taxon	description	Description. As for the genus, with the following details. Colour in alcohol brownish-yellow with pale brown at collum and paranotal margins. Adult male / female approximate measurements: length 14 / 14 mm, maximum midbody width 1.5 / 1.5 mm. Brush setae dense, tips curving distally and with mid-height notch on distal surface (Fig. 10 A); sphaerotrichomes with slightly flattened globular base, shafts with rounded tips curving distally (Fig. 10 B). Gonopod telopodites (Figs 9 A, 10 C) almost reaching legpair 4 when retracted, setose posterolaterally to ca 1 / 3 telopodite height. Telopodite divided into medial branch and solenomere at ca 1 / 3 telopodite height. Medial branch divided at ca 1 / 2 telopodite height into parallel anteromedial and posterolateral processes, both processes somewhat flattened; anteromedial process with blunt, rounded tip below level of solenomere; posteromedial process shorter than anteromedial, with truncate tip. Solenomere divided at ca 3 / 4 telopodite height into anterolateral process and much shorter, parallel, posteromedial process, the latter somewhat flattened and tapering to point. Anterolateral process somewhat flattened, curving a little laterally, bending medially at apex and dividing into two short, tooth-like processes, the prostatic groove opening on the proximal tooth. On the anterior surface of the telopodite at ca 1 / 2 telopodite height, a prominent triangular tab (Fig. 10 C) with apex directed anterobasally. Female approximately the same length as male but a little stouter and with thinner legs. Epigynum raised medially in low, rounded triangle; cyphopods not examined.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
2D99218862B75E58BF3E964194519223.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Collected over a ca 55 km linear range from Mt Buffalo National Park to the Dargo High Plains (Fig. 16 A), in subalpine woodland from 1500 to 1640 m.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
A506F4EBE2B8529EBD1BF635A515DBC2.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Polydactylogonus sanctogwinear sp. nov., by present designation.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
A506F4EBE2B8529EBD1BF635A515DBC2.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished from other Australian dalodesmids by the slender gonopod telopodite ending in a fan-like cluster of five branches.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
A506F4EBE2B8529EBD1BF635A515DBC2.taxon	description	Description. As for the type species.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
E28D6FCB808452B4B0F7C0D2DF01ECF2.taxon	description	Figs 14, 15 B	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
E28D6FCB808452B4B0F7C0D2DF01ECF2.taxon	description	Description. Small dalodesmids ca 7 mm long with body plan head + 19 rings (including telson). Male colour in alcohol almost uniformly pale white, with reddish speckling at paranotal margins on some specimens. Head with vertex sparsely setose, frons and clypeus setose; vertigial sulcus reaching ca 1 / 2 way to level of line between top of antennal sockets. Sockets separated by ca 1.5 × socket diameter. Antenna strongly clavate, reaching tergite 3 when manipulated. Relative antennomere lengths (6, 3, 2)> (4, 5), 6 widest. Relative tergite widths 6> 5> 2> 4> 3> collum; rings 7 – 16 subequal in width, 17 and 18 narrower. Collum much narrower than head, half-moon-shaped in dorsal view, corner rounded. Paranotal margin on ring 2 much lower than ring 3 margin; no pit ventrally under ring 2 paranotum. Midbody paranotal margin level, at ca 2 / 3 ring height; paranotum with anterior corner rounded, lateral margin gently convex with setae at three marginal notches, notches more obvious on posterior rings; posterior margin more or less straight; posterior corners not projecting. Midbody metatergite ca 0.6 mm wide, ca 1.2 × prozonite width. Waist pronounced; prozonite posteriorly with small, tab-like elements clearly marking suture line; metatergites with three transverse rows of low bumps, the anterior bumps smallest, each bump bearing a single seta posteriorly; posterior margin of metatergite with 4 th transverse row of setae. Limbus composed of flat elements with minute, irregular, pointed branches (Fig. 14 B). Pore formula normal; ozopore small, round, opening dorsally at posterolateral corner of paranotum. Epiproct extending a little beyond anal valves, conical, apex truncate. Spinnerets in square array, not in depression on epiproct. Hypoproct subtrapezoidal. Sternites slightly wider than long, transverse impression deeper than longitudinal impression. Spiracles small, round, very slightly raised above pleurite surface. Relative podomere lengths of midbody leg: tarsus >> femur >> prefemur> (postfemur, tibia); tarsus straight. Anterior legs somewhat swollen, prefemur and femur arched dorsally. Numerous sphaerotrichomes (Fig. 14 C) on anterior leg tarsus, tibia; a few sphaerotrichomes on postfemur; sphaerotrichomes with flattened globular base, shaft straight, tapering, strongly declined. Brush setae dense on prefemur, femur tapering to blunt points, tips slightly curving. Gonopore opening distomedially on leg 2 coxa. Aperture ca 1 / 2 ring 7 prozonite width, anterior margin nearly straight, rim projecting laterally and posteriorly. Retracted gonopod telopodites reaching just past leg 6. Ring 6 sternite excavate with short setal brushes above leg bases supporting retracted telopodites. Telopodites (Fig. 14 A, D) erect, closely appressed, with a few basal setae posterolaterally. Telopodite divided at ca 2 / 3 height into fan-like cluster of 5 branches. Anteromedial branch short, spine-like. Anterolateral branch flat, long-triangular, directed slightly medially. Lateral branch cylindrical at base, expanding and flattening into fork-like group of 3 terminal processes tapering to points, the central process longest. Posterolateral branch flattened, with truncate tip bent towards solenomere. Posteromedial solenomere flattened, tapering abruptly and strongly near tip, the tip curving posteriorly, then distomedially. Prostatic groove running on medial surface of telopodite, following curve of solenomere to opening at apex.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
E28D6FCB808452B4B0F7C0D2DF01ECF2.taxon	distribution	Distribution. So far known only from subalpine woodland from 1305 to 1325 m in a small area ca 2 km southeast of the summit of Mt St Gwinear, near Mt Baw Baw in the Victorian mountains (Fig. 16 A).	en	Mesibov, Robert (2025): Dalodesmid millipedes from alpine and subalpine habitats in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). ZooKeys 1262: 303-333, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273
