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 Sandokan sp. - Malaysia - from flickr. Copyright © Arthur Anker | |
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Sandokanidae Özdikmen & Kury, 2007 is an Indomalayan family of Grassatores with 6 genera and 72 species.
Macro-photographers created the nickname "Gummi-Bears" for them.
Synonymy[]
- Cosmetoidae Oncopodinae Thorell 1876: 134
- Oncopodidae Thorell 1891a: 375; 1891b: 757; Pocock 1897: 283; Loman 1902: 182; Pocock 1903: 413; Roewer 1923: 56; Kratochvíl 1958: 380; Schwendinger 1992: 177; Martens & Schwendinger 1998: 501; 2006: 256 [name invalid because based on a junior homonym; type genus: Oncopus Thorell, 1876].
- Sandokanidae Özdikmen & Kury 2007: 407 [valid replacementy name for Oncopodidae Thorell, 1891; type genus: Sandokan Özdikmen & Kury, 2007].
Included genera[]
- Biantoncopus Martens & Schwendinger, 1998 - 1 sp - Philippines
- Caenoncopus Martens & Schwendinger, 1998 - 3 spp - Sumatra
- Gnomulus Thorell, 1890 - 53 spp - India, China, SE Asia
- Martensiellus Schwendinger, 2006 - 1 sp - Borneo
- Sandokan Özdikmen & Kury, 2007 - 10 spp - SE Asia
- Paleoncopus Martens & Schwendinger, 1998 - 3 spp - Sumatra
![Sandokanidae from Sharma & Giribet [1]](/wiki/File:Sandokanidae_by_Sharma.jpg "Sandokanidae by Sharma.jpg (164 KB)")
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