Key to Afrotropical genera

1 First pair of legs vestigial …………………………………………………………………………2 ¯ First pair of legs distinct ……………………………………………………………………………3

2 Second and third tergites without transversal division; length usually 2 mm or more …………………………………………………………………………… Symphylella Silvestri, 1902

¯ 2 nd and 3 rd tergites divided transversally; length usually <2 mm …………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………… Ribautiella Brölemann, 1926

3 1 st pair of legs very short, with terminal setae instead of claws ……………………………………

……………………………………………………………… Remysymphyla Aubry & Masson, 1952a ¯ 1 st pair of legs 3-segmented, with claws ……………………………………………………………4

4 Tergite 17 without paired triangular processes ………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………… Scolopendrellopsis Bagnall, 1913

¯ Tergite 17 with paired triangular processes ………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………… Neosymphyla Edwards & Belfield, 1967