Caecopactes, Schmidt, 2007

Schmidt, Christian, 2007, Revision of the Neotropical Scleropactidae (Crustacea: Oniscidea), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 151, pp. 1-339 : 25

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00286.x

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5489284

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03858799-4224-FFF2-9A45-7ABDA807FD14

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Caecopactes
status

 

CAECOPACTES View in CoL GEN NOV.

Diagnosis

Very small, eyeless and unpigmented specimens. Endoantennal (?) conglobation ability. Frons of cephalothorax concave. First coxal plate with schisma on hind corner. Second antenna with two-jointed flagellum and strong proximal articles. Fourth and fifth articles triangular, with one corner projecting ventrally.

Type species: Caecopactes minimus sp. nov.

Derivation of the name caecus (Latin) (blind) and pactes derived from the name Scleropactes .

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