Flavonuncia Lawrence, 1959

Genus Flavonuncia Lawrence, 1959 View in CoL

Flavonuncia Lawrence, 1959: 20 View in CoL , figs 3a-f, 4a-c. c; 1992: 285.— Karaman 2019: 5.

TYPE SPECIES. — Flavonuncia pupilla Lawrence, 1959 , by monotypy.

OTHER SPECIES INCLUDED. — Flavonuncia ubicki n. sp., Flavonuncia mahaka n. sp., Flavonuncia vazimba n. sp. and Flavonuncia zanahary n. sp.

COMPARATIVE DIAGNOSIS. — Differs from all other Buemarinoidae genera by a combination of its yellow integument color and 3–segmented tarsus on leg I (see Lawrence 1959: 20-22). Characterized by femur I bearing a row of setiferous tubercles, the frontal chelicerae armored. Differs from Arbasus , Buemarinoa and Turonychus because those genera include blind troglobitic species with pedipalps elongated with thin articles, legs I-II with femur bearing spined tubercles ( Shear 1977; Karaman 2019, 2023; Derkarabetian et al. 2021), whereas Flavonuncia has a developed ocularium and regular raptorial pedipalps. Flavonuncia can be separated from Fumontana by the morphology of the dorsal scutum because Fumontana has large spines on anterior lateral angles ( Shear 1977: fig. 1). Flavonuncia has smooth chelicerae and pedipalps contrary to the Phocyx that has the chelicerae and pedipalps covered by granules and presents microtrichia on some large setae of pedipalps spines.

DISTRIBUTION. — Madagascar.