Kalloleptochelia, Gutu, 2016

Tzeng, You-Wei, Wei, Chih-Lin, Ma, Lin & Li, Xinzheng, 2023, Three new species of Paratanaoidea (Crustacea, Tanaidacea) from the South China Sea, Zootaxa 5375 (1), pp. 1-30 : 19

Key to the adult males of the species of Kalloleptochelia (modified and updated from Guţu 2016)

1 Antennule flagellum ten-articled or more; uropod exopod two-articled...................... K. multiarticulata sp. nov.

1a Antennule flagellum eight-articled or less; uropod exopod one-articled.......................................... 2

2 Uropod endopod five-articled........................................................................... 3

2a Uropod endopod six-articled............................................................................ 4

3 Antennule flagellum six-articled, as long as peduncle............................................... K. pauxilla

3a Antennule flagellum eight-articled, shorter than peduncle........................................... K. tenuicula

4 Pereopod-1 propodus about six times longer than wide, dactylus plus unguis longer than propodus............ K. robusta

4a Pereopod-1 propodus about four times longer than wide, dactylus plus unguis as long as propodus........... K. maiorina