Thaumastocephalus Poggi, Nonveiller, Colla, Pavićević & T. Rađa

Thaumastocephalus Poggi, Nonveiller, Colla, Pavićević & T. Rađa, 2001: 3 . Type species: Thaumastocephalus folliculipalpus Poggi, Nonveiller, Colla, Pavićević & T. Rađa, 2001

Diagnosis. Large, body length 1.8–2.2 mm, cavernicolous, anophthalmous and depigmented pselaphines placed in the supertribe Batrisitae. Thaumastocephalus can be readily separated from all other genera of Batrisitae by having a pedunculate gular process, and by the 2 nd and 3 rd palpomeres (Fig. 9) bearing on their external sides a thin filament ending in a spherical appendix (Poggi et al. 2001). The placement of Thaumastocephalus within the Batrisini is still a subject of debate but according to the extensive study of DNA of a large number of Pselaphinae it seems to be well seated in Batrisitae (Parker pers. comm.).