Paralycus, Womersley, 1944

An updated key to the species of the genus Paralycus View in CoL based on Oshima et al. (2024)

1. Gastronotal setae d 1, e 1 and f 1 reaching the bases of setae in the next row......................................... 2

- Gastronotal setae d 1, e 1, f 1, or some of them, not reaching the bases of setae in the next row.......................... 3

2. Gastronotal seta c 1 reaching the level of seta c p......................................... P. parvulus ( Price, 1973)

- Gastronotal seta c 1 not reaching the level of seta c p .................................... P. pyrigerus ( Berlese, 1905)

3. Epimeral seta 4a present............................................................................... 4

- Epimeral seta 4a absent............................................................................... 10

4. Five pairs of genital setae.............................................................................. 5

- Three or four pairs of genital setae....................................................................... 6

5. Cheliceral seta cha longer than half the length of chelicera. Genu II with two setae.......... P. raulti ( Lavoipierre, 1946)

- Cheliceral seta cha shorter than half the length of chelicera. Genu II with three setae..... P. longior Fan, Li & Xuan, 1996

6. Four pairs of genital setae.............................................................................. 7

- Three pairs of genital setae............................................................................. 9

7. Genu I with three setae................................. P. pricei Kolesnikov, OConnor, Ermilov & Klimov, 2023

- Genu I with four setae................................................................................. 8

8. Gastronotal seta f 1 reaching the base of h 1; epimeral seta 2a reaching the base of 1a .... P. aokii Oshima & Shimano, 2024

- Gastronotal seta f 1 not reaching the base of h 1; epimeral seta 2a not reaching the base of 1a ... P. parasiti Zhang & Li, 2001

9. Rostral setae longer than half length of chelicera; gastronotal seta f 1 reaching the base of h 1; genual setation 4-3-0-0.......................................................................... P. chongqingensis Fan, Li & Xuan, 1996

- Rostral setae shorter than half the length of chelicera; gastronotal seta f 1 not reaching the base of h 1; genual setation 4-2-0-0.............................................................................. P. lavoipierrei ( Price, 1973)

10. Five pairs of genital setae.............................................. P. nortoni Xu, Zhu, Wu & Zhang, 2020

- Three or four pairs of genital setae...................................................................... 11

11. Four pairs of genital setae............................................................................. 12

- Three pairs of genital setae............................................................................ 13

12. Trochanteral setae v′ on leg III present; genu II with three setae................... P. shibai Oshima & Shimano, 2024

- Trochanteral setae v′ on leg III absent; genu II with two setae.................................... P. subiasi sp. nov.

13. Gastronotal setae f 1 not reaching bases of h 1; solenidion ω of tarsus I not widened in the middle; bases of lamellar setae le adjacent; setae f, h, p 1, and p 2 widened at bases; epimeral seta 2a reaching base of 1a .................................................................................... P. daeira Kolesnikov, OConnor, Ermilov & Klimov, 2023

- Gastronotal setae f 1 reach bases of h 1; solenidion ω of tarsus I distinctly widened in the middle; bases of lamellar setae le well separated; gastronotal setae not widened; epimeral seta 2a not reaching base of 1a .................................................................................. P. persephone Kolesnikov, OConnor, Ermilov & Klimov, 2023