. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 146 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM Gen. Austroraptus Hodgson 1907. Hodgson, Nat. Antarct. Exp., iii, p. 54. 1915. Caiman, 'Terra Nova' Exp. Rep., iii, p. 62. 1927. Hodgson, D. Siidpol Exp., xix (zool. xi), p. 349. 1932. Gordon, 'Discovery'' Rep., vi, p. 114. 1944. id., Antarct. Res. Exp., v, p. 57. Body compact, segments fused or only indistinctly demarcated. Crurigers narrowly separated or contiguous. Proboscis flask-shaped, stout at base, narrowing to a point, directed or curved downwa
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 146 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM Gen. Austroraptus Hodgson 1907. Hodgson, Nat. Antarct. Exp., iii, p. 54. 1915. Caiman, 'Terra Nova' Exp. Rep., iii, p. 62. 1927. Hodgson, D. Siidpol Exp., xix (zool. xi), p. 349. 1932. Gordon, 'Discovery'' Rep., vi, p. 114. 1944. id., Antarct. Res. Exp., v, p. 57. Body compact, segments fused or only indistinctly demarcated. Crurigers narrowly separated or contiguous. Proboscis flask-shaped, stout at base, narrowing to a point, directed or curved downwards. Ghelifers small, chelate, rudimentary. Palp 6-jointed, the apical joint inserted laterally on the 5th and. Fig. 29. Austroraptus thermophilus Brnrd. a. dorsal view (palp bent downwards), b. lateral view. c. ventral view of proboscis, d. 1st and 2nd coxae of 4th leg <£• projecting forwards or upwards (the apical joint may be tripartite). Oviger 10-jointed, in both sexes, apical joints with simple non-serrate spines, no apical claw. Legs moderate, tarsus short, auxiliary claws moderate, small, or minute. Remarks. Previously known only from the Antarctic (3 species); the dis- covery of a species in the considerably warmer waters of South Africa is noteworthy. Appears to differ from the species of Tanystylum with 6-jointed palps only in the shape of the proboscis. Austroraptus thermophilus Brnrd. Figs. 29, 30 1946. Barnard, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist, (xi) 13, p. 62. Body compact, all the segments fused, smooth; cephalic segment broad with a tubercle at each antero-lateral corner. Crurigers contiguous, their. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum. Cape Town : The Museum
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