Cilliba

Genus Cilliba von Heyden, 1826

Type species: Notaspis cassideus Hermann, 1804 , by original designation

Diagnosis: Typical representative of higher Uropodoidea sensu Athias­Binche & Evans (1981), with well marked pedofossal grooves (FP I–FP IV). Cuticle well sclerotised, brown in colour; body flat, subcircular, cuticle smooth or punctate, may be sculptured centrally with small pits. Marginal shield broad with ca 6 pairs of lyrifissures ( id), separated from dorsal shield or fused with it anteriorly. Marginal setae numerous, short, hook­like. Submarginal setae simple, shorter than dorsal setae. Dorsal setae simple or lanceolate, each accompanied by a circular porus. Five pairs of simple sternal setae ( st1–st5), and three pairs of lyrifissures: iv1 near camerostome, iv2 near setae st5 and iv3 below pedofossal grooves IV. Epigynium of female large, tongue­shaped, articulated below the level of coxae IV, ornamented, with one pair of lyrifissures located near the posterior edge of the shield ( ig), covering endogynial shield ( sg) and endogynial sac ( seg). Operculum ( opr) of male oval, surrounded posteriorly by semicylindrical postgenital element ( pg), with one pair of eugenital setae ( plg), situated at a level between coxae III and IV. Five pairs of simple ventral setae ( v1–v5). Two pairs of simple adanal setae ( Ad1, Ad2) and unpaired postanal seta ( Pa). Each pair of ventral setae accompanied by circular porus. Idiosomal chaetotaxy for immatures and adults as in Table 1 View TABLE 1 . Peritremes short, Vshaped, without poststigmatic section, located near the margins of the body. Two pairs of lyrifissures ( il) and several pairs of globular glands ( gv, gl) located in and between pedofossal grooves and on opisthosoma. Tritosternum 6­branched, with broad base. Hypostomal setae h1 longer than the others, h2 short, h3 = h4, h4 longer than h2. Tarsus I without claws, but with long terminal seta; leg chaetotaxy as in Table 2 View TABLE 2 .

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