Velebitodesmus Antić and Reip, 2014

Antić, Dragan Ž., Reip, Hans S., Dražina, Tvrtko, Rađa, Tonći & Makarov, Slobodan E., 2014, Three new monotypic genera of Trichopolydesmidae from Croatia, Balkan Peninsula (Diplopoda, Polydesmida), Zootaxa 3884 (2), pp. 101-121 : 109

Velebitodesmus Antić and Reip , gen. n.

Type species: Velebitodesmus cavernicolus Antić and Reip , new species, by present designation.

Etymology: The new genus is named after Mt. Velebit, its type locality, and is masculine in gender.

Diagnosis: 19 segments (♂, ♀). Differs from other genera of European Trichopolydesmidae by the presence in the gonopod of a caudally curved acropodite supplied with a massive lamella, coupled with a U-shaped excavation between the lamella and a well-developed, basal, lanceolate process; a strongly chitinized lobe and a triangular process with two additional claw-shaped apophyses are present in the apical part of the acropodite.