Lechytia chthoniiformis (Balzan, 1887)

Lechytia chthoniiformis (Balzan, 1887)

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Roncus chthoniiformis Balzan, 1887a: no pagination, figs; Balzan, 1890: 445-446, figs 24, 24a; Cekalovic, 1984: 14.

Lechytia chthoniiformis (Balzan): Balzan, 1892: 499, 549; Chamberlin, 1929a: 77; Beier, 1932a: 74, fig. 89; Roewer, 1936: fig. 112b; Roewer, 1937: 242; Mello-Leitão, 1939a: 117; Mello-Leitão, 1939b: 615; Hoff, 1950b: 228-229; Beier, 1959e: 186; Hoff, 1963c: 26-27; Beier, 1964b: 318; Beier, 1977c: 100; Harvey, 1991a: 186; Aguiar and Bührnheim, 1992a: 344; Aguiar and Bührnheim, 1992b: 426-429, figs 1-6; Aguiar and Bührnheim, 1992d: 94; Aguiar and Bührnheim, 1994: 74; Baert, Maelfait and Desender, 1995: 18; Morais, Adis, Mahnert and Berti-Filho, 1997: 481; Aguiar and Bührnheim, 1998a: 382; Aguiar and Bührnheim, 1998b: 453; Poinar, Ćurčić and Cokendolpher, 1998: 85; Mahnert, 2001: 98; Mahnert and Adis, 2002: 379; Ceballos and Ferradas, 2008: 109.

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