Genus Plutonodomus Cooke, 1964

Plutonodomus Cooke, 1964: 280 (Type species by monotypy, Plutonodomus kungwensis Cooke, 1964).

Remarks. Plutonodomus is the only known African Prodidominae genus that shows adaptations to a subterranean environment. Plutonodomus kungwensis Cooke, 1964 was collected in a termite nest (Microtermes sp.) at the edge of a gallery forest (Cooke 1964). It is known solely from the female holotype and no additional material belonging to this species was examined in this study.

Diagnosis and description. See Plutonodomus kungwensis.

Composition. Monotypic: P. kungwensis Cooke, 1964.

Distribution. Kungwe-Mahali Mts., Tanzania (Fig. 36).