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Laophontinae of Uncertain Position 



The following species of Laophontinae are of uncertain position: 



Females Males 



Cleta parvula Claus, 1866 



C. similis Claus, 1866 



Laophonte nordlandica Boeck, 1872 



L. australasica Thomson, 1882 



L. missisippiensis Herrick, 1887 



L.faroensis T. Scott, 1902 L. faroensis T. Scott, 1902 



L. varians Brady, 1910 L. varians Brady, 1910 



L. glacialis Brady, 1910 



L. wiltoni T. Scott, 1912 L. wiltoni T. Scott, 1912 



L. trilobita Willey, 1929 L. trilobita Willey, 1929 



L. royi Jakubiasiak, 1932 



L. litophila Monard, 1934 



L. borceai Jakubisiak, 1938 

 L. macani Sewell, 1940 



(probably in Onychocamptus) 

 L. trispinosa Sewell, 1940 



L. tongiseta NichoUs, 1941 

 L. laurentica NichoUs, 19416 L. laurentica NichoUs, 1941b 



L. arenicola NichoUs, 1941b 

 L. lamellipes NichoUs, 1944a L. lamellipes NichoUs, 1944a 



The species described by Oliveira (1945, p. 198) as Laophonte 

 sagenarium is no Laophontid; its description is so inadequate that 

 it cannot be recognized. 



Genus Microlaophonte, new genus 



Diagnosis. — Females: Laophontinae with 6-segmented antennules 

 and elongated, slender body, without distinct demarcation between 

 cephalothorax and abdomen. Somites of body distinctly separated by 

 proximal, ring-shaped constrictions, with exception of 1st and 2nd 

 abdominal somites, which are partly fused. Distal borders of the 

 somites armed with small spinules. Antennules 6-segmented; seg- 

 ment 2 with outwardly directed spur. Antenna with unsegmented 

 exopodite, bearing 4 notably strong setae. Mandibular palp unseg- 

 mented, with 4 setae, no exopodite or endopodite. Structure of 

 maxillule unlmown. MaxUla with 1 praecoxal, 2 coxal, and 1 basal 

 endite. Leg 1 with 2-segmented exopodite; 2nd exopodal segment 

 with 5 appendages. Legs 2 to 4 with 3-segmented exopodite and 

 2-segmented endopodites. The setal formula is: 



endopodite exopodite 



leg 2 0.210 or 111 0.1.212 



leg 3 0.310 or 220 0.1.222 or 312 



leg 4 0.221 0.1.222 



