Genus Copidognathus Trouessart

Diagnosis: Palps four-segmented, attached laterally, P2 with one distal seta, P3 without a seta, P4 with three setae in basal whorl. Female GA with usually three pairs (rarely up to five pairs) of PGS and one pair of SGS. Genua shorter than tibiae and telofemora. Tibia I with three ventral setae. Tibia II generally with three ventral setae. Tarsi I and II with dorsolateral solenidion. Paired lateral claws, small median claw. Only one nymphal stage (the protonymph) present.