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Kurisuphenax secondus
- Kingdom
- Microsynthera
- Phylum
- Plasticae
- Class
- Occlupanida
- Order
- Orthogonidectes
- Family
- Archignathidae
- Genus
- Kurisuphenax
- Species
- K. secondus
- External morphology
Finely textured integument. Size 26 mm x 23.5 mm
During a survey of the Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market in Hong Kong in pursuit of Kurisuphenax edentulus, occlupanologist Kurisu discovered a second species, with angled distal coxae. No amicula present. It otherwise shares many of the same features as K. edentulus; rounded oral hooks with almost no inward curve, a textured and flexible integument, and is ever-so-slightly closer a mimic of Infirmamaxilla kurisu, the eponymous archignathan first discovered attached to large wrapping-paper around grapes in this very same locale. Does K. secondus benefit from being a closer mimic to I. kurisu? The mendacious qualities of this occlupanid genus must be taken into account when collecting in the field; K. secondus are known to persuade their human hosts to prevaricate on the purchase price. Exercise caution!