Genus Paracortina Wang & Zhang, 1993

Altum = Altum Wang & Zhang, 1993: 381.

Relictus = Relictus Wang & Zhang, 1993: 378.

Type species.

Paracortina leptoclada Wang & Zhang, 1993.

Included species.

P. asciformis Akkari & Stoev, sp. nov. - Lixian County, Sichuan, China.

P. carinata (Wang & Zhang, 1993) - Shangrila County (=Zhong Dian/ Zhongdian County), Yunnan, China.

P. kabaki Akkari & Stoev, sp. nov. - Shangrila County, Yunnan, China.

P. kyrang Nguyen, Stoev, Nguyen & Vu, 2023 - Ky Rang Cave, Quoc Toan Commune, Quang Hoa District, Cao Bang, Vietnam.

P. leptoclada Wang & Zhang, 1993 - Shangrila County, Yunnan, China.

P. multisegmentata Stoev & Geoffroy, 2004 - Ngọc Lặc County, Thanh Hoa District, Vietnam.

P. serrata (Wang & Zhang, 1993) - Deqin County, Yunnan, China.

P. stimula (Wang & Zhang, 1993) - Shangrila County, Yunnan, China.

P. thallina (Wang & Zhang, 1993) - Batang County, Sichuan, and Shangrila County, Yunnan, China.

P. viriosa (Wang & Zhang, 1993) - Shangrila County, Yunnan, and Mang kang County/Markam? County, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

P. voluta Wang & Zhang, 1993 - Yajiang County and Yanyuan County (new record), Sichuan, China.

P. yinae Liu & Tian, 2015 - Cave in Yanchang Village, Guangxi, China.

P. zhangi Liu & Tian, 2015 - Cave Qiaoxia Dong, Guizhou, China.

Diagnosis.

The type genus of the family Paracortinidae, which differs from Angulifemur by having parallel stems of telopodites; from Scotopetalum by the presence of large anteromedian subfalcate coxal process, and from the genus Crassipetalum gen. nov. by the much smaller prefemoroidal process/es and a subfalcate coxal process b (never surpassing the telopodite).