Yamatosa Bell & Bell, 1979

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GENUS Yamatosa Bell & Bell, 1979 ssṣä甲Ǥ

[18 species; Palaearctic and Oriental Regions]

Bell & Bell, 1979: 424 ( Yamatosa ; replacement name; description; phylogeny; key to species; illustrations; 7 spp.); Kryzhanovskij, 1983: 36 ( Yamatosa ; characteristics; distribution; illustration); Bell & Bell, 1985: 151 ( Yamatosa ; key to species; illustrations); Bell & Bell, 1989: 638 ( Yamatosa ; key to species from the Himalaya); Bell & Bell, 2002: 3 ( Yamatosa ; key to species); Bell, 2003: 78 ( Yamatosa ; list; 7 spp.; distribution); Beutel, 2005: 146 ( Yamatosa ; in generic list; distribution); Lorenz, 2005: 157 ( Yamatosa ; world list; 12 spp.); Beutel, 2016: 190 ( Yamatosa ; in generic list; distribution); Huber, Marggi & L̂bl, 2017: 30 ( Yamatosa ; list; 8 spp.; distribution).

Type species: Rhysodes niponensis Lewis, 1888 , by original designation.

Synonymy. Yamatoa Bell, 1977: 152 (description; distribution; illustrations; 4 spp.; type species: Rhysodes niponensis Lewis, 1888 , by original designation); Bell & Bell, 1978: 69 ( Yamatoa ; new combination of 1 sp.; characteristics; distribution; illustrations); Bell & Bell, 1979: 424 (homonym of Kiriakoff, 1967: 205; synonym with Yamatosa ).