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Anterior region of Diploscapter coronatus
(from Abolafia and Pena-Santiago, 2007)
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Diploscapter female (photos by H. Ferris) |

Diploscapter anterior
Dorsal and ventral lips with paired hook-like sclerotized processes. |
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Inhabit soil, organic material, humus, moss. Widely distributed.
Bacterivores. The hook-like processes on the dorsal and
ventral lips are involved in sweeping the bacterial mass towards the mouth.