Elsiella Froeschner, 1981

The genus can be recognized by having the elevated metasternum; the peritreme in a spout; the median spine on the abdominal segment III has a right or obtuse angle; the ventral rim of the pygophore is dorsally projected; the superior ridge of the ventral rim of the pygophore with a pair of projections; and the paramere is thin with a long and curved projection (Simões et al. 2012).