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Malongia
Taxonomy
Malongia was named by Wang et al. (2022). Its type is Malongia mirabilis. It was considered monophyletic by Wang et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Dolichopteridae by Wang et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Dolichopteridae by Wang et al. (2022).
Species
M. mirabilis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2022 | Malongia Wang et al. |
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. Wang et al. 2022 | Dolichopteridae with subquadrate prosoma; third to
fourth paired appendages spinous; one enlarged long spine per spinous podomere of appendage IV; two or three enlarged long spines per spinous podomere of appendage III; fifth paired appendages slim and non-spinous; distal podomeres of sixth paired appendages enlarged; lateral margin of paddle smooth; VI-1 with a principal tooth and posterior smaller teeth; angle between VI-3 and VI4 near 180; VI-4, VI-5 and VI-8 long; metastoma cordate anteriorly and truncated posteriorly; anterior notch of metastoma with small denticles. |
Measurements
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Collections
No collection or age range data are available