Megaschizomus Lawrence, 1969

Zheng, Tao, Wu, Keliang & Zhang, Feng, 2025, First record of the subfamily Megaschizominae Rowland, 1973 from China, with description of a new species of Megaschizomus Lawrence, 1969 (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae), Zootaxa 5661 (1), pp. 80-94 : 81

Megaschizomus Lawrence, 1969

Type species. Megaschizomus mossambicus ( Lawrence, 1958) from Mozambique.

Diagnosis. Megaschizomus can be recognized by: 1) the presence of a row of eight to nine setae on anterior margin of propeltidium; 2) the absence of coronate eyes or eye-spots; 3) the presence of two sub-marginal rows of small setae on abdominal tergites II–VII; 4) female flagellum with five annuli and six flagellomeres, the two posterior annuli wider than the rest, male flagellum without annuli; 5) fixed finger of chelicera with three teeth, one large tooth between the two main teeth; 6) movable finger of chelicera with one guard tooth and six or seven accessory teeth; 7) segment XII without posterodorsal process in male; 8) the presence of one pair of spermathecal lobes and absence of chitinized arch; 9) leg IV femur anterodorsal margin produced an angle of less than 90°.