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Table 1. Distribution of characters in some genera of Philotarsidae and Pseudocaeciliidae. 
# 
Tarso- 
meres 
Claw w 
subap. 
denticle 
Hypandrium 
w paired 
lat. lobes/ 
processes 
Aedeagus 
pointed 
(rounded) 
apically 
Ext. 
parameres 
reach far 
beyond 
aedeagus 
Philotarsus 
3 
+ 
- 
Rounded 
- 
Haplophallus 
3 
+ 
- 
Rounded 
- 
Aaroniella 
3 
+ 
- 
Rounded 
- 
Latrobiella 
3 
+ 
- 
Rounded 
- 
Tarsophilus 
2 
+ 
- 
Rounded 
- 
Brvopsocus 
3 
+ 
- 
Pointed 
+ 
Zelandopsocus 
3 
- 
+ 
Pointed 
+ 
A ustropsocus 
3 
- 
+ 
Pointed 
+ 
Pseudocaecilius 
2 
(some +)* 
+ 
Pointed 
+ 
Mesocaecilius 
2 
(some +)* 
+ 
Pointed 
+ 
Ophiodopelma 
2 
- 
+ 
Pointed 
+ 
Scytopsocus 
2 
- 
+ 
Pointed 
+ 
♦In some species of Pseudocaecilius, and in Mesocaecilius quadripunctaius, there is a 
minute denticle on one claw per tarsus. 
