Key to genera of the Mystarini -Apyretini -Tagulini tribes of the Afrotropical crab spiders
1. Median eyes unequal in size, PME very small............................................................... 2
- MOQ eyes fairly equal in size............................................................................4
2. Carapace wide with long erectile setae situated on small tubercles on posterior-thoracic edge; PME situated nearer to PLE than to each other............................................................... Apyretina Strand, 1929 (Apyretini)
- Carapace convex to square or dorsally planar; long setae absent; posterior eyes almost equidistant from each other........ 3
3. MOQ area much wider than long, wider anteriorly than posteriorly................. Zametopias Thorell 1892 (Apyretini)
- MOQ area slightly wider than long, anteriorly slightly narrower than posteriorly (Figs 139, 140)............ Leroya gen. n.
4. Carapace with leaf-shaped setae next to lateral eyes................................... Tagulis Simon, 1895 (Tagulini)
- Carapace without leaf-shaped setae next to lateral eye area.................................................... 5
5. Carapace with numerous long erectile setae on posterior-thoracic edge, fovea and laterad to eye region, ant-like, chelicerae without cheliceral teeth, body and legs usually uniform brown........................ Sylligma Simon, 1895 (Mystarini)
- Carapace only sometimes with a few long setae, not ant-like, but with large abdomens compared to carapace, chelicerae with three cheliceral teeth, body and legs usually with markings........................... Mystaria Simon, 1895 (Mystarini)