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Austrognathia macroconifera Diagnosis


Diagnosis of A. macroconifera Sterrer, 1991c

Slender Austrognathia (length 750.00 µm, width 70.00 µm; index 11.13) with slender rostrum (index 1.44) and tail region. Basal plate 5.25 µm long, 18.25 µm wide (index 0.29), with flat lateral and mostly absent median lobe. Jaws 18.00 µm long, with 5.00 teeth in dorsal and 4.67 teeth in ventral row; posterior-most dorsal tooth rarely rooted. Conuli robust, 52.50 µm long and 28.67 µm wide (index 1.83), with high-domed hat and delicate cingulum.


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