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The following list gives a short survey of the genera now known to 

 belong to the Laophontidae: 



Subfamily Laophontinae T. Scott, 1904, with the genera: 



Laophonte Philippi, 1840, type species L. cornuta Philippi, 1840 

 Loureirophonte Jakobi, 1954, type species L. catharinensis Jakobi, 1954 

 Psendonychocamptiis Lang, 1944, type species Laophonte koreni Boeck, 1872 

 Pilifera Noodt, 1952, t\'pe species Laophonte gracilis T. Scott, 1903 

 Heterolaophonte Lang, 1948, tj^pe species Cyclops stromii Baird, 1843 

 Paronychocamptus Lang, 1948, type species Laophonte curiicaudata Boeck, 1864 

 Paralaophonte Lang, 1948, type species Cleta brevirostris Claus, 1863 

 Asellopsis Brady and Robertson, 1873, type species A. hispidus Brady and 



Robertson, 1873 

 Platychelipus Brady, 1880, type species P. littoralis Brady, 1880 

 Esola Edwards, 1891, type species E. longicauda Edwards, 1891 

 Moerephonte Jakobi, 1954, type species M. catharinensis Jakobi, 1954 

 Pseudolaophonte A. Scott, 1896, type species P. aculeata A. Scott, 1896 ( = 



Laophonte spinosa 1. C. Thompson, 1893) 

 Onychocamptus Daday, 1903, type species 0. heieropus Daday, 1903 ( = 



Laophonte moharnnied Blanchard and Richard, 1891) 

 Klieonychocamptus Noodt, 1958, type species Laophonte kliei Monard, 1935 

 Laophontina Norman and T. Scott, type species L. diibia Norman and T. 



Scott, 1905 

 Klieonychocamptoides Noodt, 1958, type species K. remanei Noodt, 1958 

 Afrolaophonte Chappuis, 1960, type species A. monodi Chappuis, 1960 

 Harrietella T. Scott, 1906, type species Laophonte simulans T. Scott, 1894 

 Hemilaophonte Jakubisiak, 1932, type species H. janinae Jakubiasiak, 1932 

 Lobitella Monard, 1934, type species L. apoda Monard, 1934 

 Sarsocletodes C. B. Wilson, 1924, type species Pseudocletodes typicus G. O. 



Sars, 1920 

 Mictyricola Nicholls, 1957, type species M. typica Nicholls, 1957 



A new genus will be described below as : 



Microlaophonte, new genus, tj'pe species M. spongicola, new species 



The definition of the Laophontinae as given by Lang (1944, p. 31; 

 1948, p. 1342) must be amended slightly to include the genus Mictyri- 

 cola Nicholls. 



Subfamily Normanellinae Lang, 1944, with the genera: 

 Cleta Claus, 1863, type species C. lamellifera Claus, 1863 

 Pseudocleta Lang, 1944, type species Laophonte corbula Willey, 1935 

 Normanella Brady, 1880, type species Laophonte dubia Brady and Robertson, 



1875 

 Cletopsyllus Willej^ 1935, type species C. papillifer Willey, 1935 



A new genus will be described below as : 

 Pseudocletopsyllus, new genus, type species P. sprniger, new species 

 Subfamily Donsiellinae Lang, 1944, with the genus: 



Donsiella Stephensen, 1936, type species D. limnoriae Stephensen, 1936 



For the following genus the systematic position is uncertain : 



Laophontella Thompson and A. Scott, 1903, tj^pe species L. typica Thompson 

 and A. Scott, 1903 



