Chaleponcus Attems, 1914

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 : 294-295

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scientific name	Chaleponcus Attems, 1914
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Genus Chaleponcus Attems, 1914 View in CoL View at ENA

Chaleponcus: Attems 1914 a: 202 View in CoL ; 1928: 409; 1934 b: 494; 1938: 279; Kraus 1960: 20; 1966: 92; Schubart 1966: 122; Hamer 1998: 57; 1999: 18.

Type species: Chaleponcus limbatus Attems, 1914 , designated by Kraus (1960).

Diagnosis: Telocoxite of gonopods distally helmet-like; in oral view without basal process. No femoral process, tibial process weak or absent. Solenomere very long and slender ( Fig. 79, s). Tarsus distally divided into three lamellae ( Fig. 79, tl1, tl2, tl3), with the inner one beset with small spines or hairs.

Distribution: The genus Chaleponcus currently includes 18 species distributed in Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Biology: In the laboratory, females of C. limbatus were observed to lay single eggs in the soil ( Dangerfield 1998).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Diplopoda
Order	Spirostreptida
Family	Odontopygidae