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Genus PORATIA Cook and Cook 1894, p. 238. 



Tidopterus Chamberlin 1923b, p. 420; Loomis 1961, p. 97. 



Dominic ode smus Chamberlin 1923c, p. 189; Loomis 1961, p. 97. 



TYPE SPECIES: Scytonotus digitatus Porat, by original designation. 

 Poratia digitata (Porat). 



Scytonotus digitatus Porat 1889b, p. 24; Cook and Cook 1894, p. 238. 



Poratia heterotuherculata Carl 1902, p. 667; Silvestri 1923, p. 375. 



Dominic ode smus panamicus Chamberlin 1940a, p. 6; Loomis 1961, p. 98. 



TYPE: Naturh. Mus., Stockholm ? (H) 



TYPE LOCALITY: Sweden, probably introduced into greenhouse. 



OTHER LOCALITIES: Frijoles, Gamboa, and Monte Lirio, Canal Zone 

 (Loomis 1961); Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone (Loomis 1964a); Costa 

 Rica (Silvestri 1923). 

 Poratia fossata Loomis 1964a, p. 74. 



TYPE: Chicago Nat. Hist. Mus. 



TYPE AND PARATYPE LOCALITY: Almirante, BocasdelToroProv., 

 Panama. 

 Poratia granulofrons (Chamberlin). 



Treseolobus granulofrons Chamberlin 1918a, p. 221. 



Dominic ode smus geophilus Chamberlin 1923c, p. 189; Loomis 1934, 

 p. 55. 



Psochodesmus granulofrons Loomis 1934, p. 55; 1961, p. 98. 



TYPE: Mus. Comp. Zool. 



TYPE AND PARATYPE LOCALITY: Jacmel, Haiti. 



OTHER LOCALITIES: Barro Colorado Island, and Pina area. Canal 

 Zone (Loomis 1961); Taboga Island (Loomis 1961), and Chilibrillo Cave, 

 near Chilibre (Loomis 1964a), Panama Prov., Panama. 



Genus PROSOPODESMUS Silvestri 1910, p. 360. 



Homodesmus Chamberlin 1918a, p. 222; Loomis 1950, p. 166. 



TYPE SPECIES: Prosopodesmus jacobsoni Silvestri, by original des- 

 ignation. 

 Prosopodesmus jacobsoni Silvestri 1910, p. 362. 



Homodesmus parvus Chamberlin 1918a, p. 223; Loomis 1950, p. 166. 



TYPE: Lab. Zool., Portici ? (H) 



TYPE LOCALITY: Batavia, Java. 



OTHER CHECKLIST LOCALITIES: Barro Colorado Island, and Mad- 

 den Forest Preserve, Canal Zone (Loomis 1964a); Chilibrillo Cave, near 

 Chilibre, Panama Prov., Panama (Loomis 1964a). 



GbnUS RETTENMEYERIA Loomis 1959a, p. 6. 



TYPE SPECIES: Rettenmeyeria parvipes Loomis, by original desig- 

 nation. 



