Notopyrgodesmus Mesibov

Mesibov, Robert, 2012, The first native Pyrgodesmidae (Diplopoda, Polydesmida) from Australia, ZooKeys 217, pp. 63-85 : 70

Genus Notopyrgodesmus Mesibov gen. n.

Type species:

Notopyrgodesmus kulla Mesibov, sp. n., by present designation.

Other assigned species.

Notopyrgodesmus lanosus Mesibov, sp. n., Notopyrgodesmus weiri Mesibov, sp. n.

Diagnosis.

Males and females with head + 20 rings; collum completely covering head in dorsal view; metatergal tubercles patterned in 2 transverse rows; paramedian and dorsolateral tubercles prominent, much enlarged on last rings; ozopores on porosteles; tergites and metatergites dorsally with minute, hair-like cuticular outgrowths with expanded tips; gonopod telopodite distally like curled leaf, concave medially, the rod-like solenomere arising from curled anteromedial margin of telopodite.

Etymology.

Greek notos ( ‘south’) + the type genus of the family, Pyrgodesmus ; gender masculine.