Bandeirenica Kraus, 1960

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Genus Bandeirenica Kraus, 1960

Bandeirenica: Kraus 1960: 19–20 ; Hoffman 2000.

Type species: Spinotarsus bandeirensis Kraus, 1958 , by original designation.

Diagnosis: Paraprocts without spines, but wrinkled in dorsal part ( Fig. 78, pa). Gonopod tarsus tube-like, solenomere with long slender spinous process at base of distal quarter ( Fig. 77, tp2) and with triangular process near apex ( Fig. 77, tp1).

Distribution: Two species, B. bandeirenica (Kraus, 1958) and B. donguensis (Kraus 1958) , are known from southeast Angola. One species, B. caboverda (Pierrad, 1987) , was accidently introduced to the Cape Verde islands, probably from Angola, and acts as a crop pest for potatoes (Hoffman 2000).

Remarks: Kraus (1960) described this genus and distinguished it from the extremely species-rich Spinotarsus on the basis of the latter genus having a typical basal lamella on the gonopod tarsus that is lacking in Bandeirenica . Hoffman (2000) discussed the presence or absence of this process as being of specific value only and suggested that Bandeirenica be synonymised under Syndesmogenus .