Genus Colomastix Grube, 1861

Colomastix Grube, 1861: 137; — Grube, 1864: 206; — Della Valle, 1893: 854; —Stebbing, 1906: 206; —K.H. Barnard, 1925: 346; — Hurley, 1954: 420; — Ledoyer, 1982: 147; — Barnard & Karaman, 1991: 133; — LeCroy, 1995: 13; —LeCroy, 2004: 424; —Aryiama, 2005: 2.

Cratippus Spence Bate, 1862: 275; — Spence Bate & Westwood, 1863: 484; — Heller, 1866: 50;

Exunguia Norman, 1869: 359 .

Type-species. Colomastix pusilla Grube, 1861, by monotypy.

Composition of the genus. The genus Colomastix groups 49 species worldwide, includind the three new species described here: C. armata Ledoyer, 1979; C. azumai Hirayama & Kikuchi, 1980; C. bastidai Alonso de Pina, 1993; C. bousfieldi LeCroy, 1995; C. brazieri Haswell, 18 79; C. brevicornis Ledoyer, 198 2; C. camura LeCroy, 1995; C. castellata K.H. Barnard, 1932; C. cornuta Ledoyer, 1979; C. denticornis LeCroy, 1995; C. dentipalma LeCroy, 2009; C. escobarae Winfield & Ortiz, 2010; C. falcirama LeCroy, 1995; C. fissilingua Schellenberg, 1926; C. gibbosa LeCroy, 1995; C. halichondriae Bousfield, 1973; C. hamifera Kossman, 1880; C. heardi LeCroy, 1995; C. inaequicornis Ledoyer, 1979; C. irciniae LeCroy, 1995; C. janiceae Heard & Perlmutter, 1977; C. japonica Bulycheva, 1955; C. kapiolani J.L. Barnard, 1970; C. keiskana Griffiths, 1974; C. laminosa Lyons & Myers, 1990; C. lecroyae Myers, 2012; C. littoralis Ariyama, 2005; C. longicaudata Ren, 2006; C. lunalilo J.L. Barnard, 1970; C. magnirama Hurley, 1954; C. minispinosa Ren, 2006; C. minuta Müller, 1992; C. murivai Myers, 1990; C. plumosa Ledoyer, 1979; C. processa LeCroy, 2009; C. pusilla Grube, 1861; C. sarae Winfield & Ortiz, 2010; C. semiplumosa Ariyama, 2005; C. simplicauda Nicholls, 1938; C. spinosa Ledoyer, 1979; C. subcastellata Hurley, 1954; C. thomasi LeCroy, 2009; C. tiahurae Müller, 1992; C. tridentata LeCroy, 1995; Colomastix iemanja sp. nov.; Colomastix marielle sp. nov.; Colomastix tubulosa sp. nov.