Trichopolydesmidae from Cameroon, 1: The genus Hemisphaeroparia Schubart, 1955. With a genus-level reclassification of Afrotropical genera of the family (Diplopoda, Polydesmida)

By

Golovatch, Sergei
Nzoko Fiemapong, Armand Richard
Tamesse, Joseph Lebel
Mauriès, Jean-Paul
VandenSpiegel, Didier

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

785

Pages

49-98

Subjects

Afrotropical , Cameroon , millipede , new combination , new species , new status. new synonymy , review , taxonomy Trichopolydesmidae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.785.27422

 

Abstract

In addition to one of the two species of Trichopolydesmidae hitherto recorded from Cameroon,PolydesmusintegratusPorat, 1894, which is revised based on type material and shown to represent the genusHemisphaeropariaSchubart, 1955,comb. n., 12 new species from the same genus are described from that country:H.zamakoesp. n.,H.bangoulapsp. n.,H.spinigersp. n.,H.ongotsp. n.,H.digitifersp. n.,H.parvasp. n.,H.fuscasp. n.,H.bonakandasp. n.,H.bamboutossp. n.,H.subfalcatasp. n.,H.falcatasp. n.andH.mouankosp. n.A key to all 13 species (ofHemisphaeroparia) known to occur in Cameroon is presented, and their distributions are mapped. All ten recognizable (but excluding two dubious) Afrotropical genera or subgenera of Trichopolydesmidae are rediagnosed and reclassified, based both on their type species and a presumed scenario of gonopodal evolution. As a result, the number of accepted genera is reduced to five:SphaeropariaAttems, 1909 (=MegalopariaBrolemann, 1920),PhysetopariaBrolemann, 1920 (=ElgonicolaAttems, 1939,syn. n., =MabocusChamberlin, 1951,syn. n., =HeterosphaeropariaSchubart, 1955,syn. n.},EburodesmusSchubart, 1955,MecistopariaBrolemann, 1926 (=DendrobrachypusVerhoeff, 1941,syn. n.), andHemisphaeroparia.