MesibovRobertThe first native Pyrgodesmidae (Diplopoda, Polydesmida) from AustraliaZookeys28820122012217638510.3897/zookeys.217.3809 Notopyrgodesmus urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:7110AB73-F50B-449A-9B32-8531DFFA3B7E http://species-id.net/wiki/Notopyrgodesmus Mesibovgen. 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.