Laophontodes T. Scott, 1894
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Genus Laophontodes T. Scott, 1894
The taxon comprises 14 species (cf. George & Gheerardyn 2015; George 2017). Type species: L. typicus T. Scott, 1894 . Additional species: L. bicornis A. Scott, 1896 , L. gracilipes Lang, 1936 , L. hamatus (Thomson, 1882) , L. horstgeorgei George & Gheerardyn, 2015 , L. macclintocki Schizas & Shirley, 1994 , L. mourois Arroyo, George, Benito & Maldonado, 2003 , L. multispinatus Kornev & Chertoprud, 2008 , L. ornatus Krishnaswamy, 1957 , L. propinquus Brady, 1910 , L. sabinegeorgeae George & Gheerardyn, 2015 , L. spongiosus Schizas & Shirley, 1994 , L. whitsoni T. Scott, 1912 ; species incertae sedis: L. antarcticus Brady, 1918 . An amended generic diagnosis was recently provided by George & Gheerardyn (2015). The setation of swimming legs is summarized for all redescribed species in Table 1.
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