Raphignathidae Kramer, 1877
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https://doi.org/ 10.1051/acarologia/20112025 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5476535 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BF517F-FFC8-1C38-FF21-C82307402596 |
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Marcus |
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Raphignathidae Kramer, 1877 |
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Family Raphignathidae Kramer, 1877 View in CoL View at ENA
Type genus: Raphignathus Dugès, 1834 Genus Raphignathus Dugès, 1834
Diagnosis — Body soft to sclerotized; red or yellow in life; idiosoma oval in dorsoventral view; cheliceral bases fused; palptibial claw small, at most one half length of palptarsus; subcapitulum with 2 pairs of subcapitular setae and 2 pairs of adoral setae; dorsum with 11 – 12 pairs of setae, one pair of eyes laterally on propodosomal shield; ventrally, coxae II and III contiguous; two pairs of aggenital setae; genital shield with three or four pairs of setae; anal opening clearly separated from genital aperture and with three pairs of setae; leg empodial axis directly producing 2 rows of tenent hairs; number of male and female solenidia on tarsi often similar, but in male dorsal body shields somewhat fused and solenidia ω on tarsi enlarged.
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