Syndesmogenus Attems, 1909

Vohland, Katrin & Hamer, Michelle, 2013, A review of the millipedes (Diplopoda) of Namibia, with identification keys and descriptions of two new genera and five new species, African Invertebrates 54 (1), pp. 251-251 : 299

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scientific name	Syndesmogenus Attems, 1909
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Genus Syndesmogenus Attems, 1909 View in CoL

Syndesmogenus: Attems 1909 b: 159 View in CoL ; 1909 c: 59; 1914 a: 211; 1937 b: 22; Brölemann 1926: 78; Kraus 1958: 80; 1960: 175.

Dundonus Chamberlin, 1951: 86 View in CoL . Synonymised by Kraus (1958).

Type species: Syndesmogenus gracilis Attems, 1909 , by monotypy.

Diagnosis: Small millipedes. Gonopod telocoxite with small, basally directed process ( Fig. 88, tc). Solenomere with small process about three quarters along length ( Fig. 88, sp2) and with long, slender spinous projection at apex ( Fig. 88, ap).

Distribution: To date, this genus has 13 described species, which are mainly distributed in central Africa.

Remark: Chamberlin (1951) wrote that encircling striae on the prozonite are absent, but the animals are very finely striated.