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l. THAUMATOPS SPINOSA, J. C. FABRICIUS, 1775. 



Tkaumatops spinosa, J. C. Fabricius. 

 Facsimile from Guerin-Menevii.le, Revue Zoolugique, 1842, pi. 1, fig. 1. 



Diagn. Caput segmentis quattuor primis perasi conjunctis longius, altius quam longius. Segmentum 

 primum et secundum peraii coalita. Femur pedum percei primi paris articulos quattuor 

 sequentes eonjunctos longitudine aaquaus. Pedes quinti paris quam peraeon et pleon con- 

 juncta longiores, pedibus septimi paris plus quam duplo longiores; femur metacarpo baud 

 longius. Ramus externus pedum uri ultimi paris latitudine pedunculi plus quam duplo 

 longior. 



The head is longer than the first four peraeonal segments together, deeper than long. The 

 first and second pergonal segments are coalesced. The femur of the first pair of peraio- 

 poda is as long as the four following segments together. The fifth pair are longer than 

 the peraeon and pleon together, more than twice as long as the seventh pair; the femur is 

 scarcely longer than the metacarpus. The outer ramus of the last pair of uropoda is more 

 than twice as long as the breadth of the peduncle. 



Colour. Yellowish, pellucid. 



Length. 90 mm. (Guerin's specim.) to c:a 110 mm. (Spec. typ. Banksianum) 45 — 104 mm. (Chal- 

 lenger spec). 



Hab. The temperate and tropical regions of the Atlantic (J. C Fabricius; Chall. Ex.), the (Afri- 

 can) Arctarctic region (J. D. Hooker, teste Stebbing), the Indian Ocean (GuERiN- 

 Meneville; Chall. Ex.), the tropical region of the Pacific (Chall. Ex.). 



Syn. 1775. Oniscus spinosus, J. C. FABRICIUS. 



J. F. Gmelin. 



Systema Entomologiae, p. 298. 

 1781. Species Iusectorum. Tom. 1, p. 377. 



1787. Mantissa Insecto rum. Tom. 1, p. 241. 



1788. Caroli Linunei Systema Naturae, editio 

 decima tertia. Tom. 1, pars 5, p. 3010. 



