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. 

 
1 a. Sternum of pygidium with a single pair of setae --> 2
b. Sternum of pygidium with more than a single pair of setae --> 4

2 (1) a.Terminal trunk segment anterior to pygidium strongly constricted relative to preceeding segments --> Hemipauropus
b.Terminal trunk segment anterior to pygidium not strongly constricted, forming smooth outline with rest of body --> 3

3 (1) a. Body covered in distinct coarse contrastingly sclerotized sculpturing, with short lanceolate setae. Antennal globulus on a stalk not longer than its capsule bearing portion  --> Scleropauropus (in part)
b. Body relatively smooth, with setae of various forms but never short and lanceolate. Antennal globulus on a stalk longer than its capsule bearing portion --> Stylopauropus

4 (1) a. Sternum of pygidium with two pairs of setae --> 5
b. Sternum of pygidium with three pairs of setae --> 11

5 (4) a. Sternum of pygidium with setae b1 + b2 --> 6
b. Sternum of pygidium with setae b1 + b3 --> 9

6 (5) a. Sternal antennal branch with globulus on a stalk longer than itself --> 7
b. Sternal antennal branch with globulus on a stalk not longer than itself --> 8

7 (6) a. Sternal antennal branch with seta q unremarkable, longer than globulus. Tergite 6 unremarkable --> Kionopauropus
b. Sternal antennal branch with seta q very short, shorter than globulus. Tergite 6 dramatically wrinkled --> Propepauropus

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

9 (5) a. Sternal antennal branch with one side dramatically longer than the other and globulus on a stalk longer than itself --> Donzelotauropus
b. Sternal antennal branch with one side slightly longer than the other and globulus on a stalk not longer than itself --> 10

10 (9) a. Body covered in distinct coarse sculpturing, with at least some short distinctly lanceolate setae --> Scleropauropus (in part)
b. Body with at most weak sclerotization, with all setae at most only somewhat lanceolate --> Juxtapauropus

11 (4) a. 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. 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 or simple and usually filamentous, without a plate-like branch--> Allopauropus

Sources

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