Bogania Forster 1955

Genus Bogania Forster, 1955

Bogania Forster, 1955, p. 375;. Staręga 1989, p. 4.

Type species. Bogania granulata Forster, 1955, by monotypy.

Gender. Feminine.

Diagnosis. Carapace shorter than tergal region, scutum and ocularium granulate. Ocularium removed from anterior margin of carapace. Genital operculum of male large, subtriangular, and extending anteriorly to coxae II; not enlarged in females. Legs unarmed; tarsal formula 3: 5–6: 5: 6. Male genitalia long, slender; ventral plate defined only as a distal setigerous portion of truncus; with numerous small setae and terminating in sharp or blunt process; stragulum long and tubular, stylus flagelliform and needlelike, parastylar lobe prominent; no rutrum and no pergula.

Remarks. Originally in Phalangodinae, transferred to Zalmoxidae by Staręga (1989). The absence of a rutrum and pergula, which are the defining synapomorphies for Zalmoxidae + Fissiphalliidae, indicates that Bogania should be removed from the former. Bogania should be considered as a member of Phalangodidae new familial assignment, based on the close similarities between the genitalic structures of Bogania species and true phalangodids (Cantrell, 1980).