INDO-MALAGASIAN PALPIGRADIDA AND POSTEMBR YONIC MORPHOGENESIS IN KOENENIODES MADECASSUS REMY

Koeneniodes madecassus Remy, 1950, described from Nosy Be Island, NW o f Madagascar, is the first species of the Order collected in Seychelle s. The same species had been previously recorded from Mauritius, La Re union, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong and Java. Other representatives of the gen era Eukoenenia and Koeneniodes show a similar distribution, suggesting an oriental origin. A comparison of the opisthosomian glandular mater ial and joint setae in the juvenile and adult females was carried out for the first time, leading to a better knowledge of the postembryonic morphogenesis in this species.