A review of the subfamily Picobiinae Johnston and Kethley, 1973 (Acariformes: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae)
Author
Skoracki, Maciej
Author
Sikora, Bozena
Author
Spicer, Greg S.
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Zootaxa
2016
2016-05-19
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10.11646/zootaxa.4113.1.1
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Key to species of the genus
Neopicobia
(Females)
1. Hysteronotal shields well developed, bearing bases of setae
d1
and
e2
. Agenital and genital plates present … /
freya
species group
/............................................................................................. 2
- Hysteronotal shields reduced to small rings surrounded bases of setae
d1
or absent. Agenital and genital plates absent … /
anthi
species group
/........................................................................................ 4
2. Pygidial shield with well developed wing-like lobes. Setae
4c
situated out of coxal fields IV..............................................................................................
N. hepburni
Glowska and Laniecka, 2014
- Pygidial shield without wing-like lobes. Setae
4c
situated on coxal fields IV...................................... 3
3. Length ratios of setae
vi
:
ve
:
si
1:1.8:2–2.2,
f1
:
f2
1:4.5–5.5 times. Agenital plates fused to genital plate. In males, setae
d2
are about 3.5–4 times longer than
e2
..............................................
N. ea
Skoracki and Unsoeld, 2014
- Length ratios of setae
vi
:
ve
:
si
1:1.3–1.5:1.5–1.7,
f1
:
f2
1:11. Agenital plates not fused to genital plate. In males, setae
d2
are 9 times longer than
e2......................................................
N. freya
Skoracki and Unsoeld, 2014
4. Setae
f1
situated out of pygidial shield..........................
N. troglodytes
(
Skoracki, Hendricks and Spicer, 2010
)
- Setae
f1
situated on pygidial shield....................................................................... 5
5. Hysteronotal shield as small punctate rings surrounded bases of setae
d1
.....................................................................................................
N. cardinalis
(
Skoracki, Hendricks and Spicer, 2010
)
- Hysteronotal shields absent............................................................................. 6
6. Setae
ag1
and
ag3
no more than twice longer than
ag2
....................................................... 7
- Setae
ag1
and
ag3
4–5 times longer than
ag2............................
N. modularis
(
Skoracki and Magowski, 2001
)
7. Setae
ag1
and
ag3
twice longer than
ag2
.................................................................. 8
- Setae
ag1
and
ag3
1.4–1.6 times longer than
ag2
............................................................. 9
8. Coxal fields III and IV densely punctate. Pygidial shield punctate...
N. carpodacus
(
Skoracki, Hendricks and Spicer, 2010
)
- Coxal fields III and IV apunctate. Pygidial shield apunctate..................................
N. anthi
(
Fritsch, 1958
)
9. Coxal fields I and II apunctate. Length of setae
si
,
c1
,
d1
and
e2
70
–75, 105, 80–95 and 85–100, respectively......................................................................................................
N. pari
sp. nov.
- Coxal fields I and II punctate. Length of setae
si
,
c1
,
d1
and
e2
165–175, 180–190, 165–170 and 155–170, respectively..............................................................
N. ictericus
(
Skoracki and Glowska, 2010
)
comb. nov.