Iranothyas Bader, 1984

Pesic, Vladimir, Gerecke, Reinhard & Smit, Harry, 2009, A redefinition of Iranothyas Bader, 1984 with the description of a new species from Oman, Zootaxa 2290, pp. 59-64 : 60

Genus Iranothyas Bader, 1984

Balaneothyas Gerecke, 1999 , nov. syn.

Type species. Panisopsis circularis Schwoerbel & Sepasgozarian, 1976 , by original designation.

Diagnosis (after Gerecke 1999, modified). Frontal shield including frontal eye, frontalia, postocularia and Dc- 1, often also Dc-2 and Dl-1. Dc-3 and Dc-5 fused medially, remaining dorsalia separate. Glandular sclerites crescent-shaped. Legs stout, with strong claws and relatively uniform setation. Genital flaps well developed, bearing numerous setae. Ac-1 and -2 each on a ring-shaped basal sclerite in the membranous integument between gonopore and genital flap, Ac-3 completely enclosed in the posterior genital flap margin; this margin with a group of setae, much more densely-arranged and stronger in males than in females. Male gonopore flanked by a pair of lamellar, tongue-shaped lips with a dense, distally-directed denticulation on their inner surface. Ejaculatory complex small, with knob-shaped brachia distalia; female gonopore papillate. Palp stout, with a very strong basal segment.