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 Beloniscus sp., male, from Bukit Timah, Singapore. Photo copyright (c) by Arthur Anker. Used with permission. | |
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Beloniscidae Kury, Pérez-González & Proud, 2019 is a small family of Indomalayan Grassatores, recently detached from the Epedanidae.
They possess sexual dimorphism in the trochanter IV, which in males is elongate and strongly armed with a spur or hook.
Distribution[]
SE Asia, showing Beloniscidae subfamilies.
The known distribution of the Beloniscidae includes several SE Asian countries, more notably Indonesia and Myanmar.
They are conspicuously absent from Borneo and the Philippines.
Included subtaxa[]
Beloniscinae Kury, Pérez-González & Proud 2019[]
- Beloniscellus Roewer, 1912 (6 species)
- Beloniscops Roewer, 1949 (2 species)
- Belonisculus Roewer, 1923 (1 species)
- Beloniscus Thorell, 1891 (13 species)
- Kendengus Roewer, 1949 (monotypic).