Ptychopera, DEN HARTOG, 1964

PTYCHOPERA DEN HARTOG, 1964 View in CoL

Proxenetes von Graff, 1882: 277 ; Vaillant, 1890: 642; Pereyaslawzewa, 1893: 255–259; von Graff, 1905: 112; von Graff, 1908: 2531–2532; von Graff, 1913: 181; Meixner, 1938: 11, fig. 10A; Luther, 1943: 61, 63; Luther, 1948: 63–64; Ax, 1953: 238.

Ptychopera Den Hartog, 1964: 377–382 View in CoL , 386, fig. 2; Ax, 1971: 146–150, 152–153, fig. 1; Ax, 2008: 353.

Diagnosis (amended from Den Hartog, 1964): Trigonostominae with pharynx in the first half of the body. Afferent system differentiated into a large bursa and a small seminal receptacle connected by a narrow spermatic duct. Seminal receptacle connects to the female system through a long, slightly sclerotized duct. Wall of the bursa provided with sclerotized structures (folds or teeth). Sclerotized parts of the male copulatory organ consisting of a stylet proper surrounded by a mantle. Mantle provided with folds, spines or plates. Type species: Ptychopera westbladi (Luther, 1943) Den Hartog, 1964 .