Plumachaetas yoshii

Zhang, Feng & Deharveng, Louis, 2015, A revision of Pseudoparonella, Plumachaetas, Parachaetoceras and Lawrenceana (Collembola: Paronellidae), with description of three new species from New Caledonia, Zootaxa 4058 (4), pp. 561-577 : 575

Key to the genera of Pseudoparonella -complex

(Because the subgenera erected by Yoshii and Mitra cannot be reconciled as they were established on different characters discussed above, subgenera Oceaniella, Najtnella, Irianella are not included in the key.)

1 Antennae short, at most subequal to the length of body; antennal chaetae much shorter than segment...... Pseudoparonella

- Antennae usually at least 1.5 times as long as body; some chaetae on Ant. I‒II at least half as long as segment............ 2

2 Dental spines absent; body scales broad; distributed in Indonesia, New Caledonia and Australia............. Plumachaetas

- Dental spines present; body scales pointed, much narrower; distributed in New Zealand................. Parachaetoceras