Siphonorhinidae Cook 1895

FamilySiphonorhinidae Cook, 1895 Type genus. Siphonorhinus Pocock, 1894. Eight species. Placement of the new species in the family. The new species of the new genus is placed in the family Siphonorhinidae based on the following characters: the head being pear-shaped, neither elongate nor with a long beak (like in members of the Siphonophoridae) (Figs 2 C, 3 A – C); antennomere 2 slender, longer than wide (usually wider than long in Siphonophoridae); antennae elbowed between antennomeres 3 and 4 (antennae straight in Siphonophoridae); anterior margin of collum straight (emarginate in Siphonophoridae) (Figs 2 C, 3 B, C).