Review of the European genera of Eviphididae (Acari: Mesostigmata) and the species occurring in Slovakia 2585 Author Mašán, Peter Author Halliday, Bruce text Zootaxa 2010 2010-08-31 2585 1 122 journal article 1175­5334 Key to European species of the genus Thinoseius (females) 1. Sternal setae st1 and associated pores inserted on small sternal plate connected with endopodals I; dorsal shield with 14 pairs of short, stout setae including j1; length of dorsal shield 400 µm [British Isles].............................................. ............................................................................................................................... Thinoseius acuminatus Evans 1962 - Sternal setae st1 and associated pores inserted on unsclerotised soft integument; dorsal shield never with both 14 pairs of setae and j1 on the shield (11–15 pairs of setae on dorsal shield) ................................................................... 2 2. Dorsal setae J 2 in normal position posterolateral to J1; dorsal shield with 15 pairs of setae; length of dorsal shield 750–830 µm [ Iceland , Scandinavia, British Isles, Germany , Ukraine , Bulgaria , Latvia , Russia , North America]........ ............................................................................................................................ Thinoseius spinosus ( Willmann 1939 ) - Dorsal setae J2 with unusual position lateral to J1; dorsal shield with 11–14 pairs of setae ........................................ 3 3. Dorsal shield with 14 pairs of setae, including setae Z1 and Z4; epistome with five points [ Croatia , Bulgaria ]........... ................................................................................................................................. Thinoseius kargi Hirschmann 1966 - Dorsal shield with 11–13 pairs of setae, setae Z1 and Z4 outside the shield; epistome with more than five points; length of dorsal shield 760–850 µm [ Iceland , British Isles, Germany , Ukraine , Bulgaria ]............................................ ................................................................................................................................. Thinoseius fucicola ( Halbert 1920 )