Anemesia tubifex species group

Diagnostic characters

Males differ from other male congeners in possessing a distinctly swollen palpal tibia, almost or completely lacking spines (Figs 173–176), combined with a moderately long and broadly tapering embolus (Figs 188–196). Females have two or three branches in the spermathecae and relatively short stalks and weakly sclerotised receptacles (Figs 224–232).

Species included

Anemesia birulai (Spassky, 1937), A. koponeni Marusik, Zamani & Mirshamsi, 2014, A. pococki sp. nov. and A. tubifex (Pocock, 1889) .