Genus Paradiscocyrtus Mello-Leitão, 1927

Paradiscocyrtus Mello-Leitão, 1927: 15; 1932: 205; 1935: 100. — Roewer 1929: 246. — Soares & Soares 1954: 286. — Kury 2003: 185. — Carvalho 2018: 190.

INCLUDED SPECIES. — Paradiscocyrtus neglectus Mello-Leitão, 1927 – type species by original designation.

DIAGNOSIS. — Stylus of glans slightly dorsally convex (Fig. 4A) (sinuous in B. orientalis; almost straight in Discocyrtus s. str. (Fig. 4B)). Ocularium with pair of spines almost forming a right angle concerning the basis (Fig. 4C) (forming an acute angle concerning the basis in B. orientalis and Discocyrtus s. str. (Fig. 4D)). DS gamma form (Fig. 4E) (gamma-pyriform form in B. orientalis and Discocyrtus s. str. (Fig. 4F)). Area III paramedian armature with a pair of phalanx-shaped spines (Fig. 4E) (a pair of dome-shaped tubercles in B. orientalis and Discocyrtus s. str. (Fig. 4F)). Area IV posterior groove invading the DS posterior border medially (Fig. 4E) (absent in B. orientalis and Discocyrtus s. str. (Fig. 4F)). Cx IV retrolateral apophysis with the same length as the prolateral, without a secondary branch (Fig. 4E) (tiny and with a second branch in B. orientalis and Discocyrtus s. str. (Fig. 4F)). Tr IV with a pair of prolateral medial apophyses (Fig. 4E) (absent in B. orientalis and Discocyrtus s. str. (Fig. 4F)).

DISTRIBUTION. — Brazil, states of Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro (Fig. 5).