Loomisella, Shear & Richart & Wong, 2020

Shear, William A., Richart, Casey H. & Wong, Victoria L., 2020, The millipede family Conotylidae in northwestern North America, with a complete bibliography of the family (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Heterochordeumatidea, Conotyloidea), Zootaxa 4753 (1), pp. 1-78 : 64-66

Loomisella , new genus

Type species: Loomisiella evergreen , n. sp.

Diagnosis: Loomisiella , n. gen., differs from other conotylids in the form of the large anterior gonopods, widely separated at the base, then curving sharply inward and posterior. The telopodites of the posterior gonopods are reduced in size; the posterior gonopod coxites are as broad as long, anteriorly excavated and with several processes arising from the anterior surface. Both known species are small, 5 mm or less in length.

Etymology: The genus name honors Harold F. Loomis (1896–1976), who not only named more than 500 species of millipedes, primarily from Central America and the Caribbean, but also served 27 years as Director of the U. S. Plant Introduction Station in Miami, Florida. The name should be treated as feminine in gender.

Notes: Other included species are, in addition to the type, Loomisiella pylei , n. sp. This genus includes some of the smallest known conotylids, both species being 5 mm or less in length at maturity.

Descriptions of new species of Loomisiella