Propodobolus Silvestri, 1897

Golovatch, S. I., Mauriès, J. P. & Akkari, N., 2021, On the collections of Indo-Australian Spirobolida (Diplopoda) kept in the Zoological Museum of the Moscow State University, Russia. 3. Some Rhinocricidae, Arthropoda Selecta 30 (1), pp. 3-27 : 4

Genus Propodobolus Silvestri, 1897

Type species: Rhinocricus quintiporus Attems, 1897 , by original designation.

COMMENT. This is a relatively small genus of Rhinocricidae currently comprising only nine species or subspecies from New Guinea and several surrounding archipelagos ( Moluccas, Bismarck and Solomons) [ Jeekel, 2001]. Following Jeekel [2001], we consider the species with only four apical cones on each antenna (= tetraconocerate), a strong to hypertrophied sternum of the anterior gonopods devoid of a basally constricted central process, coupled with a simple and bifurcate posterior gonopod only terminally broadened into an obliquely truncate blade, as belonging to this genus.