Allopauropus Silvestri, 1902

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Key to species (provided by Grant Wang)

1 a. Anal plate without distinct delimited appendages, plate-like with various projections or branches --> 2
b. Anal plate with distinct seta-like appendages clearly separate from the basal plate --> 5

2 (1) a. Pygidium sternum with a prominent posteromedian lobe. Anal plate apically with a pair of branches, laterally with a pair of rounded protrusions --> 3
b. Pygidium sternum without prominent  posteromedian lobe. Anal plate apically with a single bilobate protrusion, laterally with a pair of spine-like branches --> 4

3 (2) a. Anal plate with cylindrical, straight apical branches and low rounded lateral protrusions --> A. hiltenae
b. Anal plate with apically tapering, curved apical branches and rounded conical lateral protrusions --> A. retusus

4 (2) a. Antennal globulus with stalk half the length of the organ. Anal plate with apical protrusion weakly bilobate, medially with shallow V-shaped incision; apical protrusion and lateral branches forming right angles --> A. crucifer
b. Antennal globulus with stalk less than half the length of the organ. Anal plate with apical protrusion strongly bilobate, medially with deeper U-shaped incision; apical protrusion and lateral branches forming obtuse angles --> A. nr. crucifer

5 (1) a. Anal plate with 3 apical teeth or projections and 2 large clavate appendages on either side of the median tooth or projection, narrowing basally. Pygidium tergum with setae st large, recurved, thick and inflated --> 6
b. Anal plate simple quadrangular and with a single pair of short cylindrical appendages apically. Pygidium tergum with setae st not as above --> 9

6 (5) a. Trunk with tergites 3-5 clearly subdivided by a transverse fold into a protergite and metatergite --> A. nr. carolinensis
b. Trunk with all tergites simple --> 7

7 (6) a. Antennal globulus with slightly curved stalk. Coxae and trochanters of 9th pair of legs with simple setae --> A. snideri
b. Antennal globulus with straight stalk. Coxae and trochanters of 9th pair of legs with furcate setae --> 8

8 (7) a. Tergal setae of head blunt. Antennal globulus with extremely short stalk, entire organ almost spherical --> A. carolinensis
b. Tergal setae of head tapering. Antennal globulus with longer stalk, entire organ elongated --> A. brevisetus

9 (5) a. Temporal organs with additional accessory structures --> 10
b. Temporal organs simple, only with a posterior pore --> 11

10 (9) a. Antennal globulus with basally abruptly narrowing chalice-like stalk. Temporal organs with internal pistil. Tergal setae of head annulate, cylindrical --> A. cataloocheensis
b. Antennal globulus with conical stalk. Temporal organs with posterior vesicular appendage. Tergal setae of head fusiform, clavate --> A. cantralli

11 (9) a. Medial tergal setae of head clavate. Pygidium sternum with setae b3 shorter than the distance between setae b1 and b2 --> A. danicus
b. Tergal setae of head all thin and cylindrical. Pygidium sternum with setae b3 longer than the distance between setae b1 and b2 --> A. elegantulus

Sources

Remy, P.A. (1958). Pauropodes des États-Unis d' Amerique et de la Jamaîque. Mémoires de la Société Nationale des Sciences Naturelles et Mathématiques de Cherbourg, 48: 1-77.

Scheller, U. (1970). The Pauropoda of Ceylon. Entomologica Scandinavica, Supplement 1: 5-97.

Scheller, U. (1986). Beringian Pauropoda (Myriapoda). Entomologica Scandinavica, 17: 363-391.

Scheller, U. (1988). The Pauropoda (Myriapoda) of the Savannah River Plant, Aiken, South Carolina. Savannah River Plant and National Environmental Research Park Program (SRO: NERP), 17: 1-99.

Scheller, U. & Bernard, E.C. (2005) New species of Pauropoda (Pauropodidae, Brachypauropodidae) from Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Tennessee, North Carolina, U.S.A.), and a list of known species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 118(4): 815-854.