The comparative study of morphometrical variability and the evaluation
of characters of paratypes of eight Hemicycliophora species provided
a basis for the proposal of four new synonyms in the genus. H. lutosoi
des, H. ekdavici, H. karachiensis and H. ferrisae are proposed as juni
or synonyms of H. lutosa, H. natalensis, H. typica and H. uniformis, r
espectively.