Geotypodon Enghoff, 2016

Enghoff, Henrik, 2018, A mountain of millipedes VI. New records, new species, a new genus and a general discussion of Odontopygidae from the Udzungwa Mts, Tanzania (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Odontopygidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 394, pp. 1-29 : 6

Genus Geotypodon Enghoff, 2016

Geotypodon Enghoff, 2016a: 6 .

Type species

Geotypodon millemanus Enghoff, 2016 , by original designation.

Other included species

Geotypodon papei sp. nov. and 20 further species, see Enghoff (2016a).

Diagnosis

(From Enghoff 2016a, slightly modified.) A genus of Odontopygidae – Prionopetalini characterized by: a long basad metaplical spine on the anterior side of the coxa; a compact torsotope; lack of pretorsal or torsal spines/processes; a pronounced post-torsal narrowing without spines; a division of the telopodite into solenomere and telomere immediately distal to post-torsal narrowing; a spine emerging from the base of the telomere; a slender, whip-like, smooth solenomere without any outgrowths or appendages (except sometimes a tiny subapical spine); a telomere consisting of various lobes and lamellae with largely smooth margins.