Genus Hoplocheylus Atyeo and Baker, 1964

Type species: Tarsocheylus atomarius Berlese, 1913, by original designation.

Diagnosis. As in Lindquist (1976, 1987) with following modifications: ALL INSTARS. Palp ibiotarsus with terminal claw which usually bearing tiny subterminal process; 1 ventral solenidion ω, 3 simple tactile setae (2 tibial d, l”, and 1 tarsal, probably lp), 3 eupathidia (probably acm, ul’, ul”), 2 of which (ul’, ul”) sometimes represented by duplex of setae, and 2 subterminal setigenous, flange-like or spine-like processes which sometimes partly fused to each other (probably tibial l’ and tarsal ba). Hypostome with 1 pair of spine-like papillae.

LARVA. Aggenital plate present, without setae.