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Nine new species, two new genera, and two new subgenera of the subfamily Candoninae are described, viz.: a species of the genus Candonopsis , C. hummelincki , probably epigean, with a wide distribution; two new species of the genus Pseudocandona , both elongate in shape, Ps. geratsi , interstitial, in several states of Venezuela, and Ps. antilliana , epigean, widespread throughout the Antillean Islands, including Cuba, Jamaica and Hispaniola; and two species of Pseudocandona with less elongate, reticulated carapaces and a straight dorsal margin, viz. Ps. caribbeana , interstitial, in brooks and small rivers in Jamaica and Venezuela, and Ps. cubensis , troglobitic, found in cave waters in Cuba.
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