Genus Acanthonotozomella Schellenberg, 1926

Acanthonotozomella Schellenberg, 1926: 332; type species: Acanthonotozomella alata Schellenberg, 1926.

Paracanthonotozoma Bellan-Santini, 1972: 177; type species: Paracanthonotozoma trispinosum Bellan-Santini, 1972.

Acanthonotozomella – K.H. Barnard 1930: 346 (in part). — J.L. Barnard 1969: 122. — Bushueva 1978: 450 (in part). — De Broyer 1983: 292. — Watling & Thurston 1989: 304, 305. — Watling & Holman 1980: 609. — J.L. Barnard & Karaman 1991: 380, 385. — Coleman & J.L. Barnard 1991a: 257; 1991b: 279. — Coleman 2007: 13.

Key to the species of Acanthonotozomella

1. Dorsal surface of body with denticles and large carinate teeth ………………………………2

– Dorsal surface of body without denticles; body with large carinate teeth only ……………3

2. Coxae smooth; mid-dorsal crest of pereionite 1 broad and medium-sized ………………………… ………………………………………… Acanthonotozomella barnardi Watling & Holman, 1980

– Surface of coxae covered with denticles; mid-dorsal crest of pereionite 1 forming a large narrow tooth ………………….............………… Acanthonotozomella rauscherti Coleman & Jäger, 2001

3. Ventral border of coxae 1 and 3 straight ……… Acanthonotozomella alata Schellenberg, 1926

– Ventral border of coxae 1 and 3 with shallow concavity .....…………………………................... ...………………………………………… Acanthonotozomella trispinosa ( Bellan-Santini, 1972)