Moojenodesmus Schubart, 1945

Golovatch, S. I., 2024, Five new species of the millipede family Trichopolydesmidae from Peru (Diplopoda: Polydesmida), Arthropoda Selecta 33 (1), pp. 1-13 : 3

Genus Moojenodesmus Schubart, 1945

DIAGNOSIS. One of the most advanced genera of Trichopolydesmidae with a particularly deeply excavate and strongly enlarged, often transverse gonopodal coxites that form together a very prominent gonocoel cavity which conceals and protects usually rather complex, subtransverse and medially swollen telopodites, uni- to tripartite (including a more or less distinct, mesal, solenomere branch), held parallel to each other [Golovatch 1992, 1994, 2001]. This condition is deemed to represent one of the most advanced in the gonopodal evolution of Neotropical Trichopolydesmidae compared to the developments observed in most of the remaining eight genera that occur in the region [ Golovatch, 1992, 1994, 2001; Golovatch, Wytwer 2004; Golovatch et al., 2022].