''Cornechiniscus'' is a

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s in the family

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. It was named and described by Walter Maucci and

Giuseppe Ramazzotti Giuseppe is the Italian form of the given name Joseph, from Latin Iōsēphus from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוסף. It is the most common name in Italy and is unique (97%) to it. The feminine form of the name is Giuse ...

in 1981.

Species

The genus includes nine species: * '' Cornechiniscus brachycornutus'' Maucci, 1987 * '' Cornechiniscus ceratophorus'' (Maucci, 1973) * '' Cornechiniscus cornutus'' (Richters, 1907) * '' Cornechiniscus holmeni'' (Petersen, 1951) * '' Cornechiniscus lobatus'' (Ramazzotti, 1943) * '' Cornechiniscus madagascariensis'' Maucci, 1993 * '' Cornechiniscus schrammi'' (Dastych, 1979) * '' Cornechiniscus subcornutus'' Maucci & Ramazzotti, 1981 * '' Cornechiniscus tibetanus'' (Maucci, 1979)

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