Haplophallonella Serban and Coineau, 1975

Camacho, A. I., Brancelj, A., Dorda, B. A., Casado, A. & Rey, I., 2016, New Parabathynellidae species in Africa: the first bathynellids from Chad and an assay of their phylogenetic position in the order Bathynellacea (Crustacea: Malacostraca) based on 18 S sequences, Journal of Natural History 50, pp. 2691-2726 : 2697-2698

Haplophallonella Serban and Coineau

Amended genus diagnosis (after Serban and Coineau 1975a; Schminke 2011). A.I of 6 segments. Labrum similar to that of Habrobathynella ; with main teeth differentiated into two types: medial rectangular teeth and pointed teeth along outer rim. Mandible pars incisiva with 4 teeth, tooth of the ventral edge lacking; lobe with row of 3 – 4 large claws and 1 – 2 smaller ones. Maxilla 2-segmented; without palp. Male Th VIII with penial region formed by a smooth internal lobe and a dentate lobe with 2 – 3 denticles; external lobe with very short terminal part and fused or not with basipod; basipod with strong seta; exopod articulated distally on surface of basipod, claw-like; endopod and its setation completely reduced. Female Th VIII resembles a flake, nearly triangular in shape. Pleotelson and its appendages similar in structure to those of Habrobathynella . Lateral seta of pleotelson short.

Type species Haplophallonella heterodonta Serban and Coineau. Type locality: interstitial of Bandama River, near Lamto, Ivory Coast.