Polypauropodidae Remy, 1932

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Key to genera (provided by Grant Wang)
1 a. Pygidium, in addition to the usual a and b setae, with two pairs of clavate t setae on the posterior margin of the tergum and sternum --> Polypauropus
b. Sternum of pygidium without additional t setae --> 2

2 (1) a. Subcuticular mediotergal plate of the head small,  posterior half wider than the anterior half --> Fagepauropus
b. Subcuticular mediotergal plate of the head large, anterior half wider than the posterior half --> Polypauropoides

Sources

Scheller, U. (1984). Pauropoda (Myriapoda) from Canada. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 62: 2074-2091.

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