Harpagophoridae, 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 : 284

Key to species of Harpagophoridae occurring in Namibia

1 Stout appearance, 46 segments; gonopod telopodite with 1 femoral process ( Fig. 71) .................................................................. Zinophora sabulosa (Attems, 1928)

– More slender, 48 or more segments; gonopod telopodite with 2 femoral processes, one larger, distally directed and terminating in 2 or more points ( Figs 64, 65) ( Harpagophora )..............................................................................................................2

2 Gonopod telocoxite distally rounded, without protruding projection ( Fig. 66); telopodite with larger femoral projection only slightly bifurcate; bifurcated projection (spine branch) closer to femoral processes than to pectinophore ( Fig. 65)............... ............................................................................................ H. arida Redman, 2003

– Gonopod telocoxite with protruding, finger­like projection ( Fig. 64); telopodite with larger femoral projection deeply bifurcate ( Fig. 64), simple spine branch present, just proximal to pectinophore ( Fig. 63)....................... H. diplocrada Attems, 1909