Geayia Thor, 1897
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Felipe |
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Geayia Thor, 1897 |
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Genus Geayia Thor, 1897 View in CoL
A genus with 21 species known of which 12 species occur in South America. Most South American species belonging to the subgenera Geayella Lundblad, 1936 and Geayidia Lundblad, 1941, both with the genital field having three pairs of acetabula. Species of these two subgenera can be separated only in the male sex, with sexual dimorphism in the fourth legs (IV-leg-3 and -4 with a dorsal row of curved enlarged setae) in Geayella and without sexual dimorphism in Geayidia.
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