Hemilepistus (Hemilepistus)

Kashani, Ghasem M., Sari, Alireza & Hosseinie, Shidokht, 2010, Terrestrial isopods of the subgenus Hemilepistus (Hemilepistus) Budde-Lund, 1879 (Isopoda: Oniscidea) from Iran, Zootaxa 2549, pp. 54-68 : 56

Key to the Iranian species of the subgenus Hemilepistus (Hemilepistus)

1. Pereonites 1–3 with no large tubercles along dorsomedian line................................................................................... 2

- Pereonites 1–3 with two large tubercles along dorsomedian line.................................................... H. taftanicus n. sp.

2. Head with 12–14 large tubercles on dorsal surface ..................................................................................... H. schirasi

- Head with more than 14 large tubercles on dorsal surface ........................................................................................... 3

3. Tubercles form a large circle on middle of head ......................................................................................................... 4

- Tubercles form a semicircle on middle of head ...................................................................................... H. aphganicus

4. Posterior margin of pereonite 4 with a trace of tubercles ................................................................................ H. klugii

- Posterior margin of pereonite 4 without any trace of tubercles.................................................................. H. cristatus