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BokwinaGoodnight & Goodnight, 1947 is a monotypic genus of the Neotropical family Cosmetidae, subfamily Cosmetinae with one species from Belize.
Synonomy[]
Bokwina Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947: 16[1]
Etymology[]
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Type species[]
Bokwina sandersoni Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947, by original designation.
Diagnosis[]
Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947 (p.17) write "Paired spines on the third area, remaining areas and free tergites without median armature. Third and fourth legs not conspicuously enlarged over the first and second. Tarsal segments 5- more than 6-6-6. Distitarsus of first tarsus with three segments, of second with three segments. Secondary sexual characteristics of the male in the enlarged basitarsus of the first tarsus."
Included species[]
- Bokwina sandersoni Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947:17 - Belize (Districts of Toledo and Cayo).
Notes[]
Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947 (p.17) write "This genus is related to Poala Goodnight and Goodnight, but differs in that it has spines rather than tubercles on the third area."
References[]
- ↑ Goodnight, Clarence J. & Marie L. Goodnight, 1947e. Phalangida from Tropical America. Fieldiana, Zoology, Chicago, 32(1): 1-58.