Skleroprotopus Attems, 1901

Mikhaljova, Elena V., Kazarin, Vitaly M. & Marusik, Yury M., 2024, The millipede genus Skleroprotopus Attems, 1901 (Diplopoda, Julida, Mongoliulidae) in China, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 5536 (3), pp. 483-491 : 484

Genus Skleroprotopus Attems, 1901

The main distinguishing characters of the genus: male promentum swollen, prominent; male leg pair 1 strongly enlarged, telopodite 4- or 5-segmented; terminal segment of male leg pair 1 subconical or cylindrical, with or without setae; male leg pair 2 normal, somewhat reduced in size, coxa prolonged; male leg pair 7 with coxal process, telopodite strongly reduced in size, number of segments varies (from 1 to 3, sometimes a slightly marked 4th segment is visible); anterior gonopods with a coxal process and a flagellum at base; posterior gonopods with 2-branched coxal part.