Pauropodidae

Diagnosis follows Scheller (2008: 5^{[bib]1042[/bib]}; 2011: 498^{[bib]1067[/bib]}):

Pauropodoidea with a fusiform-cylindrical and generally whitish body. Ventral antennal branch s with one globulus and one seta q; setae on head and tergites most often cylindrical or tapering. Dorsal side of head with one anterior unpaired seta and 4 transversal rows of setae. Tergites entire, insignificantly or weakly sclerotized, setae on tergites generally arranged in regular transversal rows, rarely modified. Adults with 8–10 pairs of legs; either first and last pair of legs 5-segmented, while remaining pairs 6-segmented, or all pairs 5-segmented; empodia each with a well-developed median claw and anterior and posterior appendages. One anal plate.