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genus Pristigloma Dall, 1900: synonymy
1 Recent valid species (1 total species)

Glomus Jeffreys, 1876
Jeffreys, 1876. Proc. Roy. Soc. London 25: 200.
(homonym of Gistel, 1848 [Coleoptera]; renamed Pristigloma Dall, 1900)
Type species: Glomus nitens Jeffreys, 1876 = Pristigloma nitens

Pristigloma Dall, 1900
Dall, 1900. Nautilus 14(4): 44.
(new name for Glomus Jeffreys, 1876)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Pristigloma — Combosch et al. (2017)

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