Brachypauropodidae Silvestri, 1902
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Key to genera (provided by Grant Wang)
1 a. Body setae greatly expanded and flattened, covered in a layer of net-like sculpture. Anal plate shaped like an inverted trapezoid with a triangular protrusion extending from the widest, apical end --> Deltopauropus
b. Body setae mostly lanceolate. Anal plate usually not as described above, generally more rounded --> 2
2 (1) a. Temporal organ with at most a single finger-like vesicular organ --> Brachypauropus
b. Temporal organ with three finger-like vesicular organs --> 3
3 (2) a. Fourth tergite with two submedian sclerotized plates. Fifth tergite with a single undivided sclerotized plate --> Aletopauropus
b. Fourth tergite with four submedian sclerotized plates. Fifth tergite with two submedian sclerotized plates --> Zygopauropus