Figures 38–42. Gonopod characters. Figures 38–40 in On the largest chelodesmid millipedes: taxonomic review and cladistic analysis of the genus Odontopeltis Pocock, 1894 (Diplopoda; Polydesmida; Chelodesmidae)

Figures 38–42. Gonopod characters. Figures 38–40. Sternal gonopod opening, showing the lateral folds (LF), the central support (CS), and the posterior excavation (PE) (characters 20, 22). Figure 38. Presence of lateral folds, central support membranous and posterior margin deeply excavated, surpassing half of the coxae (Cx) of ninth pair of legs (Character 23), Macrocoxodesmus marcusi. Scale bar = 1.0 mm. Figure 39. Sternal gonopod opening showing the central support sclerotized and posterior excavation reaching half of the coxae of ninth pair of legs (Character 23), Telonychopus klossae. Scale bar = 1.0 mm. Figure 40. Absence of lateral folds and posterior edge not reaching half of the coxa, Odontopeltis giganteus. Figures 41, 42. Spines on solenomeres (character 30 in this analysis). Scale bar = 1.0 mm. Figure 41. Spines within spermatic groove, Odontopeltis donabeja. Figure 42. Spines inside and outside spermatic groove, covering the solenomere, Leiodesmus major. Scale bar = 20 μm.