Genus Pararrhopalites Bonet & Tellez, 1947

Diagnosis. Ant. IV with 8–15 subsegments. Eyes from 8+8 to completely absent, body pigments variable. Head and posterior trunk with dorsal spines. Post-antennal chaeta absent. Bothriotricha A–D present, E absent. Neosminthuroid chaetae on the parafurcal area absent. Metatrochanteral spine present. Ungues with or without tunica, unguiculi with apical filament, capitate tenent hairs absent. Female subanal appendage elongated and simple. Dens ventrally with 7–14 chaetae. Mucro with inner and outer lamellae serrated, mucronal chaeta present or absent (adapted from Bonet & Tellez 1947; Betsch 1980; Zeppelini & Brito 2014; Brito et al. 2019; Medeiros et al. 2020).