Neofedrizzia Womersley 1959

Neofedrizzia Womersley, 1959: 30 . Type species: Neofedrizzia gayi Womersley, 1959, by original designation.

Diagnosis. Both sexes: dorsal shield without large pores; with separate ventral and ventrianal shield; CxIVmarginal suture present (Fig. 40); lateral setae on ventrianal shield small, <15 long; exopodal region heavily sclerotised (Figs 39–40) or with striped pattern (Figs 37–38); pores laterad CxIV usually clustered; seta pv1 on femur III–IV spine-like (Fig. 8); femur III–IV with lamellae (Figs 7–8); femur IV not elongated; spur on palp trochanter without accessory spine; seta av1 on palp trochanter barbed (Fig. 4); seta h1 branched or barbed, curved inwards (Figs 4, 32); corniculi usually not on hypostomal tubercles (Fig. 4 b); one non-filamentous excrescence often modified into a short barb-like process (Fig. 43). Female: pore stp x anterior of stp2; sternogynial shield generally semi-ovular, evenly rounded posteriorly, usually with slight inward curve anteriorly (Figs 2 b, 3b). Male: often without tetartosternum bearing st1 (Fig. 13 c), if absent, then often with small presternal processes (Figs 13 d–f, 14); base of tritosternum much broader than female; anterior valve of genital opening subequal to posterior valve (Fig 21 b), often flanked by several pores; CxI larger than female CxI.