Review of Callistodontopyge, a genus of strikingly colored East African diplopods (Spirostreptida: Odontopygidae)

Callistodontopyge is reviewed following the examination of all extant type specimens and numerous new samples. C. cingulata is described as new from the vicinity of Mogadisho, Somalia; C. de cora is reduced to subspecific status under C. latifasciata; C. rubropunctatus is considered a junior subjective synonym of C. sugillata; C. mitellata, C. maculata and C. sugillata are redescribed from their type specimens and consid­ ered to be valid species.