Sphaeroparia Attems, 1909

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Sphaeroparia Attems, 1909

Type-species.

Sphaeroparia minuta Attems, 1909, by monotypy; Tanzania.

Nineteen segments (male, female); body length 6-6.5 mm. Genae of male much larger than those of female. Male head without epicranial modifications. Paraterga moder ate; setae medium-sized and bacilliform. Gonopodal telopodite tripartite; both coxae and gonocoel relatively small; telopodite well-exposed; distalmost branch (ab) particularly large and high, with an apical tooth; seminal groove relatively short and simple, ending on a long simple solenomere (sl); parabasal (= prefemoral) part as usual, clearly setose; middle part a large scapuliform lobe (bb) with a long and thin flagellum (fl) near base (Figure 1A).