Callipallene Flynn, 1929

Müller, Hans-Georg & Krapp, Franz, 2009, The pycnogonid fauna (Pycnogonida, Arthropoda) of the Tayrona National Park and adjoining areas on the Caribbean coast of Colombia 2319, Zootaxa 2319 (1), pp. 1-138 : 67

Callipallene Flynn, 1929

1. Trunk robust, coxa 2 of legs about 2.5 times as long as coxa 1 ............................................................... C. brevirostris Trunk relatively slender or very slender, coxa 2 of legs at least 4 times as long as coxa 1 ......................................... 2

2. Proboscis robust, hardly longer than broad; neck long and slender; 5 th article of oviger without distal tubercle; propodus straight ................................................................................................................................... C. minuta n.sp. Proboscis at least 1.6 times as long as its diameter; 5 th article of oviger with a distal round tubercle; propodus feebly curved .......................................................................................................................................................................... 3

3. Proboscis two times as long as broad, continually slightly narrowing distally; chela fingers long and slender, each cutting edge with 5 denticles; chela fingers two times as long as palm .................................................... C. cinto n.sp. Proboscis about 1.6 times as long as basal diameter, broadened in its distal half; chela fingers robust, hardly longer than palm; cutting edges of fingers finely granulated ................................................................................. C. longicoxa