Dr. Murai Éva szerk.: Parasitologia Hungarica 22. (Budapest, 1989)

Hysterosoma with ornamentation similar to the prodorsum. Hysterosomatal setae short, with the exception of hg thickened, rarely pilose and blunt at tip. Their ratio: dj > cj > C2 > f >hj >e >hg. Ps segment very small, fold into the body, its setae very short, smooth and arising medially, psj characteristically more anteriorly than the other two pairs. Cupules not visible. Ventral side (Fig. 7): Infracapitulum and the whole ventral surface strongly sculpturate, like the dorsal ones. Some pars, e.g. apimeral region, ornamented by double sculpture: punctulate and areolate but this sculpture gradually decreasing posteriorly. Apodemes, al­so ap.5, strong, normally developed, ap.4. reaching to the lateral part of epimeral plates. All setae slinghtly lanceolate, with some short, but strong spicules. Epimeral setal formu­la 2-2-2-3 (!). Setae lc, 2c and 3b absent, setae 4b originating far posteriorly from ap.5. Figs 14-15: Sicilipes crossi sp. n. 14= dorsal side, 15= leg IV)

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