Siphonophoridae Newport, 1844

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Family Siphonophoridae Newport, 1844 (35)

Literature record. 4?, AMNH ( Grimaldi et al. 2002).

New records. 1 F, RO my130; 1?, RO my330; 1 F, BuB1030; 1 F, BuB2243; 1 F (broken), BuB644; 1? (broken), BuB73; 1?, BuB828; 1 F, BuB978; 1 F, BuB981; 1?, BuB984; 1?, BuB986; 1 F, BuB1143; 1 F, BuB1159; 1 F, BuB2963; 1 F, BuB2973; 1?, BuB2986;1 M, BuB2989; 1?, BuB2997; 1 M, BuB3006; 1 M, BuB3007; 1?, BuB3010; 1 M, BuB3034; 1?, BuB3047; 1 F, BuB3052;1 F, BuB3239; 1?, BuB3245; 2 F, BuB3261; 1 F, BuB3262; 1?, Wu F3149/Bu/CJW; 1?, Wu F3393/Bu/CJW.

Identification. Members of the family Siphonophoridae can be easily identified based on the head characteristics ( Enghoff et al. 2015): the antennae is straight, with large sensory pits on the antennomeres 5 and 6. The antennomere 2 is as long as the others.