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the indication of a type species: Cleta hrevirostris Clans, 1863. The 

 following species are known : 



Females Males 



"brevirostris" group 



Cleta brevirostris Claus, 1863 C. brevirostris Claus, 1863 



(= Laophonte herdmani A. Scott, 1902) 



L.brevirostrisf.fissirostris WiWey, 1935 L. b. f. fissirostris Willey, 1935 



L. Meinerti Brady, 1899 L. Meinerti Brady, 1899 



L. congenera G. O. Sars, 1908 L. congenera G. O. Sars, 1908 



L. congenera var. mediterranea Lang, L. c. var. mediterranea Lang, 1948 



1948 

 L. octavia Monard, 1935 



L. dieuzeidei Monard, 1936 L. dieuzeidei Monard, 1936 



Paralaophonte lacerdai Jakobi, 1954 P. lacerdai Jakobi, 1954 



"perplexa" group 



L. perplexa T. Scott, 1899 L. perplexa T. Scott, 1899 



L. macera G. O. Sars, 1908 L. macera G. O. Sars, 1908 



L. hyperborea G. 0. Sars, 1909 L. hyperborea G. O. Sars, 1909 



"gracilipes" group 



L. gracilipes Brady, 1910 L. gracilipes Brady, 1910 



"karmensis" group 



L. longipes T. Scott, 1893 



L. karmensis G. O. Sars, 1911 L. karmensis G. O. Sars, 1911 



L. quaterspinata Brian, 1917 L. quaterspinata Brian, 1917 



L. tenera G. O. Sars, 1920 L. tenera G. 0. Sars, 1920 



L. taurine Monard, 1928 L. taurina Monard, 1928 



L. zimmeri van Douwe, 1929 L. zimmeri van Doinve, 1929 



L. lunata Willey, 1930 L. lunata Willey, 1930 



The follo\ving species cannot be placed in any of the groups: 



L. gurneyi Lang, 1934 L. gurneyi Lang, 1934 



L. pseudo-oculata Krishnaswamy, 1959 L. pseudo-oculata Krishnaswamy, 1959 



Two new species of the "karmensis" group will be described below as : 



Paralaophonte spinicauda, new species 



P. pilosoma, new species 



Paralaophonte spinicauda, new species 



Figures 1326, 133, lSic,d 



Material. — ^Loc. 592, 1 ad. 9, 0.40 mm.; 1 ov. 9, 0.45 mm. 



Description. — The following is based on the specimen of 0.40 mm . 

 length (holotj^pe), which has been dissected and mounted. The 

 paratype is tubed separately. 



Adult female, total length 0.40 mm.; greatest diameter 0.12 mm. 



General shape of body moderately elongate, especially in dorsal 

 aspect, greatest diameter in oral region, very slightly narrowing 

 posteriorly, dilated at genital somite (fig. 134c). Head and 1st 



