Abstract:
Two new species of Paraxenylla are described and illustrated, Paraxenylla cubana sp. nov. from Cuba and Paraxenylla peruensis sp. nov. from Peru. The species Paraxenylla mangle ( Murphy, 1965) stat. nov., comb. nov. is revalidated and recombined. Paraxenylla arenosa ( Uchida & Tamura, 1967) comb. nov. and Paraxenylla oceanica (Yosii, 1960) comb. nov. are transferred from Xenylla. A key for the 8 species known in the genus is also given and detailed information about the ecology of Paraxenylla peruensis sp. nov. is provided.