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Widely distributed in the Oriental region, and also found in Australasian and Oceanian regions (
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) and distributed worldwide (
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Members of the genus can be easily recognized by the presence of intestinal caeca near xxvii, the absence of copulatory pouches, and often by absence of micronephridia on spermathecal ducts. It is noted that about 500+ nominal species have been recorded, but a considerable number are likely synonyms (
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