The herein described new species, Origmatrachys tchecpoensissp. nov. is the second representative of the genus Origmatrachys in Africa, and it is the first record of the family Trachyuropodidae in Togo. The new species differs from the already described Afrotropical Origmatrachys in the absence of a network of strongly sclerotized grooves on the dorsal and ventral shields and in the sculptural pattern of the female genital shield. A new list of the African Trachyuropodidae is also presented. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D1138A5E-2927-4DD3-890D-AD5A84495102 http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:25A8F54D-7B4E-4F2B-A2B3-FA5E92826036.