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The paper deals with the revision of the genusOmmatobrephus Nicoll, 1914 based on the study of the different type specimens and a large number of collections from different hosts and localities. This genus consists of four species; generotypeO. singularis Nicoll, 1914;O. lobatum Mehra, 1928 with many synonyms;O. megacetabulus Simha, 1958 andO. bengalensis Mukherjee and Ghosh, 1968.
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Mukherjee, R.P., Ghosh, R.K. & Deblock, S. Revision of the genusOmmatobrephus Nicoll, 1914. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 73, 303–310 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03045298
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