Arrhopalites Börner, 1906

Vargovitsh, Robert S., 2009, New Cave Arrhopalitidae (Collembola: Symphypleona) from the Crimea (Ukraine), Zootaxa 2047, pp. 1-47 : 8

Genus Arrhopalites Börner, 1906

Syn.: Pseudarrhopalites Stach, 1945: 7

Coecarrhopalites Yosii, 1967: 66

Type species: Sminthurus caecus Tullberg, 1871

Diagnosis. Genus of Arrhopalitidae with characters: trichobothrial pattern of caecus - type (ABC form an angle towards 90º, AB≥BC); secondary seta FS is absent in fore and mid tibiotarsi; cuticular spines on anal valves present or in some species secondarily lost; anterior surface of dens with 5 (seldom with 4) transversal rows of setae, anterodistal seta as a spine or simple; shape of mucronal apex more or less globular; Ant IV often undivided or indistinctly divided on subsegments; head with single exceptions bears spine-like setae.