Spirobolellidae

Wesener, Thomas, Enghoff, Henrik & Sierwald, Petra, 2009, Review of the Spirobolida on Madagascar, with descriptions of twelve new genera, including three genera of ' fire millipedes' (Diplopoda), ZooKeys 19 (19), pp. 1-128 : 96

Family Spirobolellidae

Of special potential phylogenetic interest are the small species of the South American genus Atlanticobolus Hoffman, 1979 , the West African genus Amblybolus Keeton, 1964 , as well as the here described Malagasy genus. In these three genera, the posterior gonopod coxites touch one another while a sclerotized sternite is absent. The gonopod pair is nevertheless connected by a membrane. At least the genus Hylekobolus gen. n. with its conspicuously elongated posterior gonopods seems to fit well with the Spirobolellidae .