Attemsostreptus Verhoeff, 1941

Enghoff, Henrik, Ngute, Alain S. K., Kwezaura, Revocatus L., Laizzer, Richard L., Lyatuu, Herman M., Mhagawale, Waziri, Mnendendo, Hamidu R. & Marshall, Andrew R., 2024, A mountain of millipedes XI. The trachystreptoform spirostreptids of the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Spirostreptidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 918 (1), pp. 1-50 : 6

Genus Attemsostreptus Verhoeff, 1941

Attemsostreptus Verhoeff, 1941: 261

Type species

Attemsostreptus costatus Verhoeff, 1941 ( Tanzania) by monotypy.

Other included species

Attemsostreptus reflexus Akkari & Enghoff, 2019

Attemsostreptus cataractae Enghoff sp. nov.

Attemsostreptus julostriatus Enghoff sp. nov.

Attemsostreptus leptoptilos Enghoff sp. nov.

Diagnosis

The discovery of three new species in the genus necessitates a revision of the genus diagnosis proposed by Akkari & Enghoff (2019). Species of Attemsostreptus differ from other Spirostreptidae by the combination of the following characters: anterior margin of collum unmodified, metazonites with longitudinal ridges (carinae), or at least striae along the entire perimeter of the body (trachystreptoform habitus); prefemoral lobes of first pair of male legs triangular, covered with minute short spines; tip of gonopod coxal metaplica folded back on anterior side, forming a ‘roof’ or canopy over gonocoel; a long to very long pointed lateroapical metaplical process; gonopod telopodite long and slender, with a long to very long, pointed antetorsal process; posttorsal part of telopodite very long and thin, forming loose coils; telopodite ending in two short branches of subequal length, one broad and more or less serrated, the other acuminate.