PSYCHRODROMINI Martens, 2001

Higuti, Janet, Meisch, Claude & Martens, Koen, 2009, On Paranacypris samambaiensis gen. nov., sp. nov. (Crustacea, Ostracoda), the first South American psychrodromid from the alluvial valley of the Upper Paraná River, Brazil, Journal of Natural History 43 (13 - 14), pp. 769-783 : 772

Tribe PSYCHRODROMINI Martens, 2001

Diagnosis (adapted after Martens 2001)

Mostly compact carapaces, with inwardly displaced selvage present or absent, fused zones without septa. Rome organ on A1 small or medium-sized, consisting of one or two parts; second segment of Mx1 palp rectangular (with length 1.5–2.5 times the distal width) or spatulate; setae d1 on T2 two to four times longer than d2 or d2 absent; caudal rami symmetrical or slightly asymmetrical, with proximal seta absent or a spine; hemipenis with one to six internal coils of the spermiduct, sometimes with a hook-like structure on the medial shield.