Cothornobata pugnoa group

Including: C. paieroi sp. nov., C. pugnoa sp. nov., C. zhanga e sp. nov.

Diagnosis. Genital fork medial tubercle absent; apex of arm sharply incurved apically and inflated, fist-like, with long, dense setulae. Distiphallus slightly shorter than phallapodeme, terminating in curved filaments, not inflated apically. Pregonite lobed apically. Postgonite with 1 apical seta.

Discussion. The C. pugnoa group occurs in the southwestern part of China and central Vietnam.