Colomboniscus, VANDEL, 1972

Schmidt, Christian, 2007, Revision of the Neotropical Scleropactidae (Crustacea: Oniscidea), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 151, pp. 1-339 : 22

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00286.x
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5489280
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03858799-4229-FFFF-9A6B-7FD0AD6CFDC8
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Colomboniscus
status

Treatment

COLOMBONISCUS VANDEL, 1972 View in CoL

Type species: Colomboniscus regressus Vandel, 1972 (by monotypy).

Diagnosis

Endoantennal conglobation. Very small: maximum 3.5 mm. Integument smooth, with very fine and short ‘hairs’. Eye reduced, represented only by a spot of pigment without lens, or entirely absent. Cephalothorax rounded, without any rectangular corner. Pleotelson rounded, with straight sides. Flagellum of second antenna three-jointed, and very slender. All coxal plates simple. Noduli laterales small, on the hind margins of the tergites.

Remark

Vandel (1972) defined this genus by its ‘numerous regressive traits’.