Sphaeroparia Attems, 1909

Golovatch, S. I., Fiemapong, A. R. Nzoko, Tamesse, J. L., Mauries, J. - P. & VandenSpiegel, D., 2018, Trichopolydesmidae from Cameroon, 1: The genus Hemisphaeroparia Schubart, 1955. With a genus-level reclassification of Afrotropical genera of the family (Diplopoda, Polydesmida), ZooKeys 785, pp. 49-98 : 57

Genus Sphaeroparia Attems, 1909

Type-species:

Sphaeroparia minuta Attems, 1909

Synonym:

Megaloparia Brolemann, 1920, synonymized by Mauriès and Heymer (1996: 167) (type-species: Sphaeroparia lignivora Brolemann, 1920)

Diagnosis.

Both gonopodal coxae and gonocoel relatively small; telopodite strongly exposed, complex, with at least two strong branches (ab and bb, the latter may be subdivided into two, including fl); seminal groove short and simple, solenomere on caudal face, shorter or longer, spiniform, with or without a pulvillus (pu) near end (Figure 1A).

Remark.

This genus is presumably among the basalmost representatives of Afrotropical Trichopolydesmidae .