Brachypauropodidae Silvestri, 1902

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Key to genera (provided by Grant Wang)
1 a.  Body setae greatly expanded and flattened,  covered in honey-comb like fibrous network --> Deltopauropus
b.  Body setae mostly lanceolate --> 2

2 (1) a. Temporal organ with at most a single finger-like vesicular organ --> Brachypauropus
b. Temporal organ with multiple variably shaped vesicular organs or extensions --> 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

Sources

Scheller, U. (2008). A reclassification of the Pauropoda (Myriapoda). International Journal of Myriapodology, 1(1): 1-38.