New species of Crotonia (Acari: Oribatida: Camisiidae) from Nothofagus and Eucalyptus forests in Victoria, Australia, with a redescription of the fossil species Crotonia ramus (Womersley, 1957)
Author
Colloff, Matthew J.
Author
Perdomo, Giselle
text
Zootaxa
2009
2217
1
36
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.189961
f4918554-8847-4b2e-89af-ea92badaad40
1175-5326
189961
Key to Australian species of
Crotonia
This key applies to both males and females.
1 Caudal apophyses
f
1,
h
1,
h
2 and
h
3 short, only slightly longer than wide, subequal in length, projecting dorsally from rounded caudal margin......................................................................... Lanceolata group:
C. ovata
Olszanowski, 2000
- With caudal apophyses broadly separated on either side of the caudal notogastral margin; those of setae
h
2 markedly longer than others, projecting posteriorly ..................................................................................................................... 2
2 With setae
c
1,
c
2 and
c
3 present.......................................................................................................
Capistrata
group…3
- With only setae
c
1 and
c
3 present ................................................................................................Cophinaria group…10
3 Setae of
c
series all long, flagelliform, subequal in length; caudal apophyses on stalk ........
C. borbora
Luxton, 1987
- Setae of
c
series not all long, flagelliform and subequal; caudal apophyses not on stalk ............................................ 4
4 Caudal apophyses very long, close together; setae
d
2 minute or represented by alveoli only........................................ ............................................................................................................................................
C. capistrata
Luxton, 1987
- Caudal apophyses not as long, spaced further apart; setae
d
2 not minute or represented by alveoli only .................... 5
5 Setae of
c
series all short, subequal; length of apophyses of setae
h
2 only half that of their mutual distance ............... ................................................................................................................................
C. tryjanowskii
Olszanowski, 2000
- Setae of
c
series of varying lengths .............................................................................................................................. 6
6 Setae
f
1 and
h
1 spiniform, their apophyses borne on short caudal extension; with broad lateral lines of plaques on notogastral shield .....................................................................................................................
C. ardala
Luxton, 1987
- Setae
f
1 and
h
1 flagelliform, their apophyses borne on caudal margin of notogaster; notogastral shield with small tubercles laterally and a central porose region.............................................................................................................. 7
7 Setae
c
3 extending anteriorly as far as bothridia ..............................................................
C. tasmaniana
Colloff, 2009
- Setae
c
3 extending anteriorly as far as lamellar apophyses........................................................................................... 8
8 Posteriomedian borders of epimere I each produced into a prominent spine ..................................
C. cornuta
sp. nov.
- Posteriomedian borders of epimere I rounded .............................................................................................................. 9
9 Setae
d
2 short, setiform .................................................................................................................
C. victoriae
sp. nov.
- Setae
d
2 long, flagelliform ................................................................................................................
C. alpina
sp. nov
.
10 Setae
c
1 short, spiniform ..........................................................................................................
C. gadubanudi
sp. nov.
- Setae
c
1 long, flagelliform........................................................................................................................................... 11
11 Notogastral shield with lateral strips reduced to a faint line; setae
c
1 flagelliform, long, subequal to
c
3, overlapping; marginal notogastral setae shorter than
c
1; setae
d
2 short, spiniform ....................................
C. jethurmerae
Lee, 1985
- Notogastral shield porose, with narrow lateral strips of small tubercles well-developed; setae
c
1 clearly shorter than
c
3; marginal notogastral setae longer than
c
1; setae
d
2 well-developed....................................................................... 12
12 With seven pairs of genital setae; caudal setae subequal in length, setae
h
2 flagelliform, proximally-barbed............... .....................................................................................................................................
C. tasmanica
Łochyńska, 2008
- With eight pairs of genital setae; caudal setae differing markedly in length, setae
h
2 relatively short, stout, spiniform, barbed.......................................................................................................................................................................... 13
13 Caudal apophyses short, stunted; apophyses of
h
2 longest, but less than twice the length of those of
f
1 and
h
1 ............ ...........................................................................................................................................................
C. blacki
sp. nov.
- Caudal apophyses long; apophyses of
h
2 at least four times as long as those of
f
1 and
h
1 .......................................... 14
14 Setae
d
2 markedly shorter than setae
e
2; setae
cp
the longest of the marginal notogastral setae .................................... .......................................................................................................................................
C. pyemaireneri
Colloff, 2009
- Setae
d
2 long, subequal to
e
2; setae
cp
and
e
2 subequal............................................................................................... 15
15 Setae
p
1 long, smooth, flagelliform; setae
f
2 long, barbed, flagelliform; apophyses of setae
h
2 diverging apically ....... .......................................................................................................................................................
C. momitoi
sp. nov.
- Setae
p
1 short, barbed, recurved; setae
f
2 short, barbed, spiniform; apophyses of setae
h
2 parallel................................ ........................................................................................................................................ †
C. ramus
(
Womersley, 1957
)