Paramaka Savage & Peters, 1992

Thraulus [partim]; Spieth, 1943: 10.

Hermanella [partim]; Demoulin, 1966: 12.

Paramaka Savage & Domínguez, 1992: 244; Blanco-Belmonte et al., 2003: 117; Sartori, 2005: 243; Domínguez et al., 2006: 463; Mariano, 2011: 46; Domínguez et al., 2014: 308.

Diagnoses. Male imago: 1) eyes meeting on meson of head (Figs. 3C, 4A, 7A); 2) cross vein above fork of MA slanted (Fig. 8A); 3) fork of MA and MP asymmetrical (Fig. 8A); 4) penes divided, each lobe with (Figs. 2E, 4D) or without (Figs. 7E, 8C, 8D) a long spine ventromedially directed [telopenis according to Kluge (2007)]; 5) posteromedial projection of styliger plate single, short triangular (Figs. 2E, 4D) to long and lanceolate (Figs. 7E, 8C); and 6) female sternum IX with distal margin widely cleft.

Nymph: 1) labrum greatly expanded laterally, 1.3–2.2x maximum width of clypeus (Figs. 2A, 2B, 3B, 10A); 2) maxilla with short tusk at distomedial margin (Fig. 10D); 3) gills plate-like, apically rounded to obtuse, with or without a pointed projection; 4) gills present on abdominal segments I to VI and vestigial or absent on abdominal segment VII; 5) posterolateral projections present on segments VII or VIII to IX.

Distribution. Neotropical, from Southeastern Brazil (Minas Gerais) to Northern South America (Central Colombia to Northern Venezuela) (Fig. 1).

Species included. Paramaka antonii Sartori, 2005; Paramaka convexa (Spieth, 1943) (type-species); Paramaka incognita Domínguez, Grillet, Nieto, Molineri & Guerrero, 2014; P. froehlichi Lima & Salles, 2023; Paramaka pearljam Mariano, 2011; Paramaka takari sp. nov.; and Paramaka lucimarae sp. nov.