Itaipusa Marcus, 1949

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Itaipusa Marcus, 1949

Emended diagnosis of Itaipusa (after Marcus 1949 and Karling 1980). Representative of Koinocystididae with a proboscis with a juncture sphincter. Copulatory bulb of conjucta duplex-type. Male duct armed with spiny rows (the cirrus), except in I. biglandula Reygel et al. (2011) , where it is unarmed. Without accessory sclerotised structures such as stylets or hooks.

Type species. Itaipusa divae Marcus, 1949 , by original designation.

Other species. Itaipusa aberrans sp. n., I. acerosa ( Brunet, 1972) Karling, 1978 , I. biglandula , I. karlingi Mack-Fira, 1968 , I. novacaledonica sp. n., I. sbui Willems & Artois in Willems et al., 2017, I. similis ( Brunet, 1972) Karling, 1978 , I. sophiae ( Graff, 1905) Karling, 1978 , and I. spinibursa Karling, 1978 .