Pauropodidae Lubbock, 1867

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Key to genera (provided by Grant Wang)

Note: Due to  the fact that the taxonomy of Pauropodidae is poorly resolved and the family is extremely large, some genera easily blur into others and some species cannot be comfortably fitted into one genus. This is especially apparent with the hyperdiverse genera Pauropus, Allopauropus, and Decapauropus. For example, subadult individuals have been found by the author with both d setae present that in all other respects resemble Pauropus.
1 a. Sternum of pygidium with a single pair of setae --> 2
b. Sternum of pygidium with more than a single pair of setae --> 3

2 (1) a. Body covered in distinct coarse sculpturing, with short lanceolate setae. Sternal antennal branch with one side slightly longer than the other and globulus on a stalk not longer than itself --> Scleropauropus (in part)
b. Body smooth, with setae of various forms but never short and lanceolate. Sternal antennal branch with one side dramatically longer than the other and globulus on a stalk longer than itself --> Stylopauropus

3 (1) a. Sternum of pygidium with two pairs of setae --> 4
b. Sternum of pygidium with three pairs of setae --> 9

4 (3) a. Sternum of pygidium with setae b1 + b2 --> 5
b. Sternum of pygidium with setae b1 + b3 --> 8

5 (4) a. Sternal antennal branch with globulus on a stalk longer than itself --> 6
b. Sternal antennal branch with globulus on a stalk not longer than itself --> 7

6 (5) a. Sternal antennal branch with one side slightly longer than or subequal with the other --> Kionopauropus
b. Sternal antennal branch with one side dramatically longer than the other --> Propepauropus

7 (5) a. Subadult (eight pairs of legs) with two pairs of anterior setae on the pygidium tergum. Exceedingly rare. --> Desmopauropus
b. Subadult (eight or nine pairs of legs) with a single pair of anterior setae on the pygidium tergum. Extremely common. --> Decapauropus

8 (4) a. Body covered in distinct coarse sculpturing, with short lanceolate setae. Sternal antennal branch with one side slightly longer than the other and globulus on a stalk not longer than itself --> Scleropauropus (in part)
b. Body smooth, with setae of various forms but never short and lanceolate. Sternal antennal branch with one side dramatically longer than the other and globulus on a stalk longer than itself --> Donzelotauropus

9 (3) a. Subadult (eight pairs of legs) with no anterior setae on the pygidium tergum. Anal plate antler-like, with two branches that further diverge into two pointed branches each. Sternal antennal branch with sides subequal in length. Setae of last trochanter and coxa bifurcate with one branch larger and plate-like --> Pauropus
b. Subadult (eight or less pairs of legs) with two pairs of anterior setae on the pygidium tergum. Anal plate of various forms but almost never as described above. Sternal antennal branch very rarely with sides subequal in length. Setae of last trochanter and coxa bifurcate but usually filamentous, without a plate-like branch--> Allopauropus