1. Palpgenu oncophysis absent .................................. genus Teneriffia Thor .............................. 2

- Palpgenus oncophysis present ................................ genus Parateneriffia Thor ...................... 11

2. Gnathosoma ventrally with clasp organ ................................................ T. quadripapillata Thor

- Gnathosoma without ventral clasp organ .................................................................................. 3

3. Only claws of leg I heavily pectinated ...................................................................................... 4

- Claws of leg I–II heavily pectinated ............................................................................................ 5

4. Naso punctate, spurs of hypostome elongate, tarsus II with three solenidia ........ ........................................................................................................... T. marina (Hirst) comb. nov.

- Naso not punctate, spurs of hypostome squat, tarsus II with four solenidia ........................... ...................................................................................................... T. mortoni (Luxton) comb. nov.

5. Venter with five to six pairs of setae surrounding the genital valve ...................................... 8

- Venter with numerous pairs of setae (15 to more than 30 pairs) surrounding the genital valve ................................................................................................................................................... 6

6. Venter with >30 pairs of setae; tarsi III and IV with 1–2 and 2–3 solenidia, respectively, ...... ....................................................................................... T. mexicana (McDaniel et al.) comb. nov.

- Venter with 17–23 pairs of setae; tarsi III and IV with 0 and 1 solenidion, respectively, ....... 7

7. Venter with 17–20 pairs of setae; seven pairs of genital setae present .............................................................. T. hajiqanbari (Paktinat-Saeij and Kazemi) comb. nov.

- Venter with 23 pairs of setae; six pairs of genital setae present .................................................. .................................................................. T. sebahatae (Ueckermann and Durucan) comb. nov.

8. Setae c2 almost extending to base of seta d ................................................................................. 9

- Setae c2 reaching to over the base of setae e or f ......................................................................... 10

9. Prodorsal shield weakly distinct with thin and close longitudinal striations, coxal formula 4-3-4-3 .................................................................. T. littorina (Shiba and Furukawa) comb. nov.

- Prodorsal shield smooth, distinctly defined and greatly extended reaching upto half of dorsum, coxal formula 4-6-7-5 ...................................... T. riccabonai (Schmölzer) comb. nov.

10. Basifemur I with five setae, tibia II nine setae ............................................................................. ........................................ T. zamaniani (Khanjani, Asali Fayaz and Ueckermann) comb. nov.

- Basifemur I with four setae, tibia II 10 setae ................................................................................... .................................................................... T. kamalii (Ueckermann and Khanjani) comb. nov.

11. Dorsal setae c1 and c2 subequal in length ................................................................................ 12

- Dorsal setae c2 distinctly longer than c1 ...................................................................................... 13

12. Dorsocentral setae c1 inserted on over extended prodorsal shield ............................................ ...................................................................................................... P. coineaui (Judson) comb. nov.

- Dorsocentral setae c1 present on the integument ..... P. xerophila (Bernardi et al.) comb. nov.

13. All opisthosomal setae on small sclerites ........ P. aethiopica (Zmudzinski et al.) comb. nov.

- All opisthosomal setae on integument ........................................................................................ 14

14. Dorsocentral setae shorter than or equal to the distance between the consecutive setae ....... ........................................................................... P. hojoensis (Shiba and Furukawa) comb. nov.

- Dorsocentral setae long, crossing the bases of the setae next in line ........................................ 15

15. Genu IV with a solenidion ......................................................................................................... 16

- Genu IV without a solenidion ....................................................................................................... 17

16. Basifemur I with five setae; telofemur III with five setae .. P. hirsti (Womersley) comb. nov.

- Basifemur I with four setae; telofemur III with four setae ........... P. leei (Judson) comb. nov.

17. Trochanter IV with 2 setae ........................... P. khorramabadiensis (Khanjani et al.) comb. nov.

- Trochanter IV with 3 setae ...................................... P. shiraziensis (Khanjani et al.) comb. nov.