Multipronopea, Enghoff, 2022

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 : 67-68

Genus Multipronopea gen. nov.

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Type species

Multipronopea agneteae gen. et sp. nov.

Other included species

None.

Diagnosis

Differs from other genera of Prionopetalini by the combination of uniquely shaped limbus lobes (resembling the prow of a boat with multiple bowsprits) and an extremely elongated, slender and unilateraly serrate distal telomeral process.

Etymology

The genus name (gender feminine) is an anagram of Prionopetalum , referring to the similarities with this genus.

Remarks

In the key to genera of “ Odontopyginae ” of Kraus (1966), Multipronopea agneteae gen. et sp. nov. runs to couplet 31 where it fits neither alternative ( Haplothysanus Attems, 1909 , vs Haplothysaria Kraus, 1960 ).

Whereas the limbus of Multipronopea agneteae gen. et sp. nov. seems to be unique, the new genus shares gonopodal peculiarities with some other genera. Thus, the extremely slender, elongated telomere reminds of Allantogonus Attems, 1912 , in which, however, the telomere is completely smooth, lacking the serrations in Multipronopea gen. nov.

The long, serrated distal telomeral process (tp) reminds of Prionopetalum Attems, 1909 , and Yia Enghoff, 2016 , but Multipronopea gen. nov. differs from both genera in several aspects, see Table 3 .