Striariidae Bollman 1893
Creators: name: Shear, William A.
name: Marek, Paul E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Diplopoda
Chordeumatida
Striariidae

description: Key to genera of the family Striariidae
This key is updated from the one in Shear & Marek (2022b).
1a. Gonopod flagellocoxites absent; ninth legs of males with telopodites, coxae and sternum often fused..................................................................................................... Subfamily Trisariinae, 2
1b. Gonopod flagellocoxites present; ninth legs of males with all elements, or at least telopodites always free................................................................................................. Subfamily Striariinae, 4
2a. Some crests of metazonites much larger than the others....................................................... 3
2b. All metazonital crests similar in size................................................................. Trisaria
3a. Sixth and second crests larger than others......................................................... Nototrisaria
3b. Only second crests enlarged, sixth crests not enlarged............................................... Stegostriaria
4a. Second and third crests enlarged on some rings, sixth crests as others.................................. Kentrostriaria
4b. Second and third crests not enlarged on any rings............................................................ 5
5a. 10–25 mm long....................................................................................... 5
5b. 5–7 mm long, or smaller................................................................................ 6
5a. Gonopod anterior angiocoxites with a distal crown of stout spines.......................................... Striaria
5b. Gonopod anterior angiocoxites without such a crown of spines........................................... Amplaria
6a. 5–7 ommatidia on each side of head................................................................. Bayaria
6b. 1–3 ommatidia on each side of head...................................................................... 7
7a. 1 ommatidium on each side of head....................................................................... 8
7b. 2 or 3 ommatidia on each side of head.................................................................... 11
8a. Mandible with prominent apophysis and gland opening................................................. Kingaria
8b. Mandible without apophysis or gland..................................................................... 9
9a. Coxae 3 without flasks, coxae 5 with toothed knobs......................................................... 10
9b. Coxae 3 with short flasks, coxae 5 unmodified........................................................ Miniaria
10a. Collum with distinct notch at level of outermost seta...................................................... Petra
10b. Collum without such a notch...................................................................... Tigraria
11a. Sixth crests of metazonites enlarged, paranota-like.......................................................... 12
11b. All metazonital crests similar in size..................................................................... 14
12a. Three ommatidia on each side of head............................................................... Plaramia
12b. Two ommatidia on each side of head..................................................................... 13
13a. Gonopod anterior angiocoxites densely fimbriate on posterior surface..................................... Lamparia
13b. Gonopod anterior angiocoxites not fimbriate, fused................................................... Rampalia
14a. Gonopod anterior angiocoxites reflexed dorsally....................................................... Maraplia
14b. Gonopod anterior angiocoxites not reflexed, gonopods compact......................................... Ralampia
description: Published as part of Shear, William A. & Marek, Paul E., 2024, The millipede family Striariidae Bollman, 1893. IX. The identity of Striaria californica Cook, 1899, and the new genus Bayaria for Striaria nana Loomis, 1936, with a key to genera and an annotated checklist of the Striariidae (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea), pp. 524-544 in Zootaxa 5463 (4) on page 533, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5463.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/11612167