Philotella Najt & Weiner 1985

Genus Philotella Najt & Weiner, 1985 Type species: Philotella deharvengi Najt & Weiner, 1985 Diagnosis. Small Pseudachorutinae. Body clothed sparely with short setae, sensorial setae thin and short, except for those on Th. II and Abd. IV. With dark pigment and usually 5+5 ocelli, or less. Ant. IV with 6 subcylindrical sensilla. PAO always present, in rosette shape, with 5–12 vesicles, in one row, usually simple oval peripheral tubercles, arranged in a circle or ellipse. Labral chaetotaxy 4/2, 3, 5, 2. Mandible with about 5 teeth. Buccal cone moderately projected. Head of maxilla untoothed, strongly lengthened, styliform, needle-like, short, with two lamellae fused and ending in a hook. Labium without setae “L”, but usually with sensory papillae. Sensorial organ of Ant. III with 2 subequal microsensilla and two long guard sensilla, the ventral one in “S” shape and one ventral microsensillum. Six subcylindrical sensilla on Ant. IV (rarely less), one dorsal curved microsensillum, one tiny sub-spherical organite, one apical bulb exerted, simple or slightly trilobate. One microsensillum on each side of Th. II. Seta d0 on head present. Setae m1 absent in Th. II, Th. III and Abd. IV. Ventral side of Abd. II and III each with one unpair seta, and sometimes none on Abd. II and one pair on Abd. III. Anal valve each with 3 microsetae. There are no anal spines. Ventral tube with 4 + 4 setae. No furcula, furcal vestige vestigial consists of two small warts, with or without microsetae (modified from Najt & Weiner 1985).