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proposed the genus
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for its
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and only species,
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, from a sandy beach in Visakhapatnam (formerly known as Waltair) in
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,
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. Rao suggested that his new taxon was most closely related to a group of other genera that exhibit reduced leg armature, including
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. Justification for its distinct generic status was primarily based on the 3-segmented condition of the P1 endopod in conjunction with the absence of sexual dimorphism on the P2 endopod; this combination is not displayed by any of the genera mentioned above (P1 endopod 2-segmented in
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,
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,
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; P2 endopod
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modified in
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and
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).
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further expanded this genus group by including
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,
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and their newly proposed genus
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, stating that in this lineage the shared reduced leg setation, with at most two outer spines on P2P4 exp-3, appears to be congruent with the similarity in female genital field morphology. They recognized an evolutionary series
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in which the latter represented the most morphologically reduced taxon. The next record of the genus is the one by
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who reported
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sp.
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from the intertidal zone of Moce island,
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but this species remained undescribed.
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subsequently added a second species,
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<emphasis id="358088682800B10FFE12F83B343680ED" box="[431,601,1948,1974]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="497">B. triarticulata</emphasis>
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, from the Andaman and Nicobar island chain, which appeared more primitive than the
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species in the segmentation of the antennary exopod, yet displayed a more reduced armature on the endopods of P2 and P3. Despite these differences
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considered both species congeneric based on their shared absence of sexual dimorphism in the P2 endopod. Their claim that the 3-segmented antennary exopod in
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<emphasis id="358088682801B10EFDA6FF7934AB87A2" box="[539,708,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="498">B. triarticulata</emphasis>
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reinforces their previously suggested close relationship between
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<emphasis id="358088682801B10EFF2AFEA5375C8646" box="[151,307,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="498">Helmutkunzia</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="358088682801B10EFED1FEA537918646" box="[364,510,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="498">Balucopsylla</emphasis>
(
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)
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is futile since it is based on a plesiomorphic character state. Morphological comparison of the
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species,
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<emphasis id="358088682801B10EFD0FFE813574861A" box="[690,795,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="498">B. similis</emphasis>
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, with
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<emphasis id="358088682801B10EFCD9FE813262861A" box="[868,1037,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="498">B. triarticulata</emphasis>
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and related forms subsequently reported by
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,
<bibRefCitation id="6365298B2801B10EFE12FEED3784863E" author="Mielke, W." box="[431,491,331,357]" pageId="11" pageNumber="498" pagination="115 - 152" refId="ref12980" refString="Mielke, W. (1997) Interstitial Fauna of Galapagos. XXXIX. Copepoda, part 7. Microfauna marina, 11, 115 - 152." type="journal article" year="1997">1997</bibRefCitation>
), reveals significant differences warranting a subdivision of the genus
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<emphasis id="358088682801B10EFABEFEED33FA863E" box="[1283,1429,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="498">Balucopsylla</emphasis>
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. The generic concept of the latter is here restricted to accommodate
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<emphasis id="358088682801B10EFC35FEC9359F86D2" box="[904,1008,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="498">B. similis</emphasis>
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as the
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and only species while the remaining members are assigned to
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<emphasis id="358088682801B10EFD96FE35356286F6" box="[555,781,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="498">Pseudobalucopsylla</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="358088682801B10EFCAEFE35351386F6" bold="true" box="[787,892,403,429]" pageId="11" pageNumber="498">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="2EB335132801B10EFCAEFE35351386F6" box="[787,892,403,429]" pageId="11" pageNumber="498" rank="genus">gen. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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(see below)
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