Paracrotelsa Paclt, 1967

Smith, Graeme B., 2016, Revision of the Genus Anisolepisma (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae: Acrotelsatinae), Records of the Australian Museum 68 (6), pp. 269-312 : 271

Paracrotelsa Paclt, 1967

This genus was erected by Paclt for the species Acrotelsa niimurai Uchida, 1949 from Irian Jaya ( Indonesia) without explanation. Paclt’s diagnostic characters did not match the illustrations of Uchida in respect to the thoracic sternites. Mendes (1991) excluded this genus from his analysis of the subfamily arrangement due to the lack of certain critical information in the original description but considered it probably close to Acrotelsa . Since then Kaplin (1992) has defined Desertinoma and Mendes (2004) defined Primacrotelsa and the new material allows a better understanding of Anisolepisma . In contrast to Paclt’s diagnosis, the illustrations in Uchida (1949) clearly show that the thoracic sterna of Paracrotelsa have the same form as the aforementioned genera. There are also 2+2 combs on some urosternites (III–VI). This arrangement places Paracrotelsa within the Acrotelsatinae even though information on other characters such as the paramera and antennal sensillae are missing.