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Pelopidae Ewing, 1917 



Figures 365, 366 



Diagnosis: Classed with the Pterogasterina the pelopids have large, 

 movable, hinged pteromorphs which reach out anteriorly but not pos- 

 teriorly over the line of attachment (except in Peloptulus and Galum- 

 nella where the posterior end is drawn out to a sharp point). The 

 middle part of the anterior margin of the hysterosoma (between ptero- 

 morphs) reaches out anteriorly over the borderline between the pro- 



IV 



Figure 365 Pelops sylvesiris Jacot. 

 Chelicera and dorsum of female. 



Figure 366 Lepidozetes singiilaris Ber- 

 lese. Female. 



podosoma and the hysterosoma, sometimes extending further than the 

 anterior end of the pteromorphs. Interlamellar setae are either spatula- 

 like {Pelops, Eupelops, Tectopelops, Parapelops) , or normally hair- 

 like (Peloptulus, Pelopsis, Propelops), or lacking (Galumnella, Gal- 

 umnopsis). The chelicerae are broad at the base and suddenly narrow 

 to make a long, slender segment with minute shears (except in Pro- 

 pelops which has normal chelicerae). There are six pairs of genital 

 setae. 



Genera and subgenera: 



1. Pelops Koch, 1836 



Type. Notaspis hirsutus Koch, 1836 



2. Eupelops Ewing, 1917 



Type. Pelops uraceus Koch, 1840 



3. Galumnella Berlese, 1916 



Type. Galumnella paradoxa Berlese, 1916 



