Golovatch, with the description of a new troglobitic species from southern China (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Polydesmidae) Author Golovatch, Sergei I. Author Geoffroy, Jean-Jacques text Zootaxa 2006 1325 363 368 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.174082 3ec64760-8a98-4411-811e-919b308ed4a8 1175­5326 174082 Key to Pacidesmus species 1. Paraterga, even of anterior segments, remaining below level of dorsum. Sterna between male legs 6 and 7 with conspicuous paramedian tubercles. Outgrowth at base of gonopod acropodite short and unciform. Epigean species from Thailand . P. shelleyi – Paraterga more strongly elevated, especially on anterior segments. Sterna between male legs 6 and 7 usual, unmodified. Outgrowth at base of gonopod acropodite elongate. Cavernicoles from Guizhou, China ..................................................................... 2 2. Paraterga of anterior postcollar segments strongly elevated above dorsum ( Fig. 2 ). Caudal corners of paraterga narrowly rounded, but never pointed ( Figs 1–7 ). Outgrowth l at base of a lamelliform; distal part of a bare ( Figs 8 , 11–12 ). ..... P. martensi – Paraterga of anterior postcollar segments only barely elevated above dorsum. Caudal corners of most of paraterga pointed. Outgrowth l at base of a flagelliform, unciform terminally; a with a distinct tooth subapically ................................................ P. sinensis