Prionopetalini Hoffman, 1991

Enghoff, Henrik, 2022, Mountains of millipedes. The family Odontopygidae in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida), European Journal of Taxonomy 803, pp. 1-136 : 14

Tribe Prionopetalini Hoffman, 1991

With 44 included genera, including six genera described as new here, Prionopetalini is by far the most diverse group of Odontopygidae . The usually highly complex gonopods in most cases allow recognition at the species level, but referring a species to a genus is very often difficult, to say the least. Certain genera are well characterized and circumscribed, e.g., Aquattuor Frederiksen, 2013 , Callistodontopyge Hoffman & Howell, 1981 , Prionopetalum Attems, 1909 , but many others are at best vaguely defined, notably “ Odontopyge sensu auctorum ” ( Enghoff 2016a) . When describing a new species one therefore often faces the choice between stretching an existing genus concept and erecting a new, usually monotypic genus (cf. Introduction and Discussion).