Bochicidae
Creators: name: Reboleira, Ana Sofia P. S.
name: Zaragoza, Juan A.
name: Gonçalves, Fernando
name: Oromí, Pedro
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Pseudoscorpiones
Bochicidae

description: Key to the genera of Bochicidae
[Modified from Muchmore (1998) to incorporate the genera Spelaeobochica, Troglobisium and Titanobochica. Genera and new localities data from Mahnert (2001) and Harvey (2009)]
1 Apex of palpal coxa acute; trichobothrium ist close to est and usually distal; leg IV with femur/patella suture not more than 1/4 length of combined segment from proximal end (F/F+P <0.25) (subfamily Bochicinae) ................... 2
- Apex of palpal coxa rounded; trichobothrium ist usually far proximal of est; leg IV with femur/patella suture at least 1/3 length of combined segment from proximal end (F/F+P>0.3) (subfamily Leucohyinae).................................... 9
2 Venom apparatus well developed only in movable finger of pedipalpal chela, tip of fixed finger rounded ............... 3
- Venom apparatus well developed in both fingers of chela .......................................................................................... 5
3 Sternites IV-VII with distinct multiseriate setae .......................................... Titanobochica (Portugal; cave-dwelling).
- Sternites IV-VII with uniseriate setae, two median subdiscal setae often present........................................................ 4
4 Prominent tubercle at the base of the antiaxial face of the pedipalpal femur present .................................................... ................................................................................................................ Vachonium (Belize, Mexico; cave-dwelling).
- Without prominent tubercle at the base of the antiaxial face of the pedipalpal femur ................................................... ............................................................................................................................ Troglobisium (Spain; cave-dwelling).
5 Trichobothrium ib in distal position on dorsum of chelal hand; some accessory teeth on both chelal fingers .............. ........................................................................................................................ Spelaeobochica (Brazil; cave-dwelling).
- Trichobothrium ib in basal position on dorsum of chelal hand; no accessory teeth on chelal fingers ........................ 6
6 Two eyes present........................................................ Bochica (Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela; epigean).
- Eyes absent ................................................................................................................................................................... 7
7 Pedipalp articles exceptionally slender, pedipalpal chela more than 8 times as long as broad ...................................... ............................................................................................................................. Troglohya (Mexico; cave-dwelling).
- Pedipalpal articles not as slender, chela not more than 6.5 times as long as broad..................................................... 8
8 Cheliceral flagellum of 2 long setae plus both a distal and a proximal spinule ............................................................. ....................................................................................................................... Troglobochica (Jamaica; cave-dwelling).
- Cheliceral flagellum of 3 long setae plus a distal spinule only .......................... Antillobisium (Cuba; cave-dwelling).
9 Venom apparatus well developed only in movable finger of pedipalpal chela, tip of fixed finger rounded .................. ..................................................................................................................... Paravachonium (Mexico; cave-dwelling).
- Venom apparatus well developed in both fingers of pedipalpal chela........................................................................ 10
10 Each pedal tarsus with a spine at distal end.................................................................................................................... ........................ Mexobisium (Belize, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Mexico; epigean and cave-dwelling).
- Tarsi without spines .................................................................................................................................................... 11
11 Movable finger of pedipalpal chela shorter than hand; tarsal arolia longer than claws ..... Apohya (Mexico; epigean).
- Movable finger of pedipalpal chela distinctly longer than hand; arolia not longer than claws...................................... ................................................ Leucohya (Guyana, Mexico, Texas (U.S.A.), Venezuela; epigean and cave-dwelling).
description: Published as part of Reboleira, Ana Sofia P. S., Zaragoza, Juan A., Gonçalves, Fernando & Oromí, Pedro, 2010, Titanobochica, surprising discovery of a new cave-dwelling genus from southern Portugal (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones: Bochicidae), pp. 1-19 in Zootaxa 2681 on page 17, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.199333