Genus Neomargarodes Green

Neomargarodes is a genus of 16 species, six of which have been recorded from continental Africa. Neomargarodes erythrocephalus is known only from the male (Foldi 1999; García Morales et al. 2016). The only available keys covering any of the species recorded from Africa are in Tang and Hao (1995), Tang (2000, in Chinese) and Borchsenius (1950, in Russian).

Key to adult females of some species of Neomargarodes found in Africa, based on Tang and Hao (1995)

1(0) Anterior claw with a heel, making it T-shaped; heel bowed posteriorly. Base of claw not produced.......... trabuti (Fig. 4)

- Anterior claw without a heel, making it Γ-shaped. Base of claw produced anteriorly as a globule............... aristidae