Two new Meitingsunes species (Acari: Syringophilidae) from Indonesian doves (Columbiformes: Columbidae)
Author
Kaszewska, Katarzyna
Author
Skoracki, Maciej
Author
Kavetska, Katarzyna
text
Zootaxa
2016
4109
4
479
486
journal article
39103
10.11646/zootaxa.4109.4.6
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1175-5326
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Key to species of the genus
Meitingsunes
(Females)
1. Hysteronotal shield absent, coxal fields I‒IV punctate.......................................
M
.
turacoenas
sp. nov.
- Hysteronotal shield present, coxal fields I‒IV apunctate...................................................... 2
2. Setae
f1
twice as long as
h1.............................................
M
.
aldwelles
Glowska and Skoracki, 2010
- Setae
f1
and
h1
subequal in length or
f1
1.7‒2 times shorter than
h1
............................................. 3
3. Body length less than 600µm, length of setae
ve
20‒30,
si
70‒100,
se
130‒150.......
M
.
caprimulgus
Skoracki e
t al
. 2015
.
- Body length more than 600µm, length of setae
ve
50‒120,
si
130‒190,
se
185‒260.................................. 4
4. Propodonotal shield entire and punctate; bases of setae
ve
and
si
situated on propodonotal shield...................... 5
- Propodonotal shield divided into 2 triangular sclerites, apunctate; bases of setae
ve
and
si
situated off propodonotal shield.....................................................................................
M
.
chalcophaps
sp. nov.
5. Bases of setae
3a
situated on coxal fields III........................................
M
.
columbicus
Skoracki, 2011
- Bases of setae
3a
situated off coxal fields III............................................................... 6
6. Hysteronotal shield represented by 3 sclerites, medial fused to punctate pygidial shield.......
M
.
zenadourae
(
Clark, 1964
)
- Hysteronotal shield represented by unpaired sclerites not fused to pygidial shield....................................................................................................
M
.
tympanistria
(
Skoracki and Dabert, 2002
)