Polyplectropus narifer

Chamorro, Maria Lourdes & Holzenthal, Ralph W., 2010, 2582, Zootaxa 2582, pp. 1-252 : 136

Polyplectropus narifer species group, newly recognized

This group is established to include 2 previously described species, P. narifer Flint and P. ulmeriana Flint , and

3 new species; P. hollyae , P. juliae , and P. minensium . The P. narifer group is characterized by the combined possession of the following traits:

1. A complex, multilobate intermediate appendage (except P. hollyae ) ( Fig. 68C);

2. Presence of a dorsal digitate process on the mesoventral process of the preanal appendage ( Figs. 69A, C);

3. Presence of a cylindrical, sclerotized dorsolateral process of the preanal appendage (bipartite in P. juliae ) ( Fig. 67A);

4. Apically acute dorsal branch of the inferior appendage ( Fig. 67A);

5. Dorsally expanded apex of the dorsal phallic sclerite (slightly less in P.hollyae ) ( Figs. 68E, F);

6. Presence of small to medium-sized endothecal phallic spines ( Figs. 69E, F).