Scolopendrelloides
Creators: name: Camacho, Miguel Domínguez
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Symphyla
Scutigerellidae
Scolopendrelloides

description: Key to the species of Scolopendrelloides
1. Styli proportionately short, only 1.5–1.75 times as long as wide with a rather broad base ......................................... 2
- Styli proportionately large, more than 1.75 times as long as wide and digitiform ....................................................... 4
2. Posterior emargination of tergite 2 curved .............................................................................................. S. crassicornis
- Posterior emargination of tergite 2 angular ..................................................................................................................3
3. Posterior processes of tergite 2 lobed ......................................................................................................... S. pauperata
- Posterior processes of tergite 2 pointed ............................................................................................................. S. bifida
4. At least tergite 12 with two macrochaetae.................................................................................................................... 5
- Tergites 12 and 14 with only one macrochaeta.............................................................................................................7
5. Pairs of legs 10, 11 and 12 of females without splinter-like setae on the ventral side of the tarsus............. S. producta
- Pairs of legs 10, 11 and 12 of females with two rows of splinter-like setae on the ventral side of the tarsus.............. 6
6. Pointed posterior projections of the tergites protruding. Two protruding spines beneath the trichobotria’s pit, one of them curved.............................................................................................................................................. S. congolensis
- Pointed posterior projections of the tergites somewhat rounded. No protruding spine beneath the trichobria’s pit ...... ...................................................................................................................................................... S. pseudocongolensis
7. Styli of leg 12 at least 5 times as long as wide. Antero-lateral macrochaeta of tergites 2 and 3 shorter or as long as postero-lateral macrochaeta ......................................................................................................................... S. angulosa
- Styli of leg 12 maximal 2.5 times as long as wide. Macrochaeta of tergites 2 and 3 distinctly longer than postero-lat- eral macrochaeta ........................................................................................................................................................... 8
8. Tergite 14 with two lateral macrochaetae. Posterior margin of tergites deeply emarginated. Inner protruding spine beneath trichobothria’s pit curved .................................................................................................................... S. tenella
- Tergite 14 with only one macrochaeta. Posterior margin of tergites slightly emarginated. Inner protruding spine beneath trichobothria’s pit straight................................................................................................................................ 9
9. Setae on the ventral side of tarsus of leg 12 short and scattered ................................................................ S. elgolensis
- Setae on the ventral side of tarsus of leg 12 protruding and arranged in a row ............................................... S. dolosa
description: Published as part of Camacho, Miguel Domínguez, 2010, New insights on the genus Scolopendrelloides Bagnall 1913 (Scutigerellidae, Symphyla) with descriptions of two new species, pp. 48-60 in Zootaxa 2558 on page 57, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196970