KEY TO THE NEW ENGLAND MENOPONIDAE 



1. Gular plate trilobed, head crescent shaped with narrow 

 preocular slit on dorso-lateral margin. Abdominal 

 pleurite with postero-ventral angles prolonged 



posteriorly PSEUDOMENOPON 



Not as above 2 



2. Head with a pair of ventral sclerotized processes 



arising near base of palpi 3 



Head without such processes 4 



3. Distal anterior angle of second antennal segment 

 prolonged and rounded. Abdominal pleurites with 



postero-ventral angles prolonged posteriorly HOHORSTIELLA 



Distal anterior angle of second antennal segment 



not prolonged MENACANTHUS 



4. Combs of short spines on third femora 5 



Combs of short spines on third femora absent; 



patches may be present 9 



5. Last segment of antenna with an indication of division 

 into two. Abdominal sternites III-IV in 9 , and III-V 



in cf two or more combs of short setae on each side CUCULIPHILUS 



Last segment of antenna without indications of 



division into two 6 



6. Relatively large species (4-8 mm.). Narrow 

 preocular slits; antennal cavity deep and partially 

 covered from below. Gular and prosternal plates well 

 developed. Prosternal plate with more than two 



median setae PIAGETIELLA 



Not as above 7 



7. Segments of antennae short, second segment 



produced and pointed, last segment globate CICONIPHILUS 



Not as above 8 



8. Abdomen ovoid with greatest width at segment IV. 

 Dorsal bands joining occipital and preocular 

 sclerotized areas absent. Deep broad or narrow 

 preocular slit. Sternite III with two or more 



combs of spines KURODAIA 



Temples square or flatly rounded, never tapering; 



head with conspicuous dark brown or black 



sclerotized areas; one at each preocular notch, one 



at each proximal end of latero-ventral margin, one 



pair on the occipital margin linked by a transverse 



band and by lighter bands to the preocular areas COLPOCEPHALUM 



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