Paracerura

Mendonça, Maria Cleide De & Silveira, Tatiana Cristina Da, 2013, New species of Paracerura (Collembola: Isotomidae) from Minas Gerais State, Brazil, Zootaxa 3681 (1), pp. 73-78 : 76-77

Key to the world species of Paracerura

1 Anterior face of manubrium with more than 20 distal chaetae................................................. 2

- Anterior face of manubrium with less than 20 distal chaetae................................................... 4

2 Antennal IV without subapical organite; organ antennal III with exposed sensilla; antennal I with two ventral microchaetae and sensilla with subequal size P. virgata Deharveng & Oliveira, 1994 (Amazonas)

- Antennal IV with subapical organite; organ antennal III with covered sensilla; antennal I with three ventral microchaetae and sensilla with different size............................................................................. 3

3 Antennal I with two ventral sensilla and four dorsal microchaetae; unguiculus with apical filament; body with plurichaetosis.

............................................. … P. serrana Mendonça, Abrantes & Fernandes, 2009 (Minas Gerais) - Antennal I with four ventral sensilla and two dorsal microchaetae; unguiculus without apical filament; body without plurichaetosis.............................................................. P.gandarela sp. nov. (Minas Gerais)

4 Unguiculus without apical filament...................................................................... 5

- Unguiculus with apical filament........................................ P. itatiaiensis ( Arlé, 1959) (Rio de Janeiro)

5 Antennal I with three ventral and two dorsal microchaetae and three ventral sensilla with different size........................................................................ P. pindorama Queiroz & Mendonça, 2010 (Espirito Santo)

- Antennal I with two ventral and three dorsal microchaetae and two subequal ventral sensilla............................................................................... P airesi Mendonça, Fernandes & Abrantes, 2009 (Tocantins)