Afrocaris gen. nov.

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Diagnosis

Fontinalicaridinae; Fu elongated, with a gap between proximal distal outer setae I–III and dorsal seta VII. Female P3 enp short, with acuminate tip. Male P3 exp-1 strongly built, rectangular; apophysis (exp-2) bent inwards with acuminate or rounded tip (without distal spine); thumb short, not passing the distal margin of the apophysis. Male P4 highly ornamented along the inner margin of exp-1 and 2; ornamentation consisting of long spinules proximally and distally on the exp-1 and along the entire inner margin of exp-2; exp-1 as long as exp-2 and 3 combined; enp short, spiniform. P5 short, with long distal spiniform process on the inner margin; outer setae proximally inserted.

Etymology

The generic name refers to Africa, the continent in which the known species of the genus occur.

Type material

Afrocaris nigerianus (Chappuis, 1959) comb. nov. Geographical distribution: West Africa, Nigeria.

Other material examined

Afrocaris kimi (Dumont, 1981) comb. nov. Geographical distribution: West Africa, Guinea.

Putative autapomorphies of Afrocaris gen. nov.

1) Strong ornamentation (long spinules) on the inner margin of the male P4 exp-1 and 2; 2) short (spiniform or linguiform) male P4 enp.