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IOC entry for Phitycolax inconspicuus

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Phitycolax Wynne & Scott

Note: Art. 62.2 specifies that compound generic names take the gender of the last word in the compound. Since kolax (Greek, flatterer) is masculine, Phitycolax is also masculine even though Wynne & Scott (1989: 28) treated it as feminine when establishing the genus.

* Phitycolax inconspicuus Wynne & Scott

Phitycolax inconspicuus Wynne & Scott, 1989: 27–31, figs. 2–11 (`inconspicua') (type locality: Amsterdam Island).

INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Amsterdam Island.


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