Corrections and additions to Leptus Latreille (Trombidiformes: Erythraeidae) of the world: revised classification and keys
Author
Saboori, Alireza
Author
Hakimitabar, Masoud
Author
Khademi, Narjes
Author
Masoumi, Hamidreza
Author
Katouzian, Ahmad-Reza
text
Persian Journal of Acarology
2019
2020-04-15
9
2
209
212
journal article
10.22073/pja.v9i2.60814
e4d8c258-c2e4-43b8-b2b9-642ce43ba318
2251-8169
3755966
Key to subgroups of
phalangii
species group
1. BFe III with solenidion ......................................................................
candangus
species subgroup
– BFe III without solenidion ............................................................................................................. 2
2. TFe I with ≥ 1 solenidion .....................................................................
schedingi
species subgroup
– TFe I without solenidion ................................................................................................................ 3
3. Ge I with 2 solenidia ……….............................................................
torresianus
species subgroup
– Ge I with 1 solenidion .................................................................................................................... 4
4. Ti I with 3 solenidia ..........................................................................
indianensis
species subgroup
– Ti I with 2 solenidia ....................................................................................................................... 5
5. Ti III with 2 solenidia .............................................................................
hozumii
species subgroup
– Ti III with 1 solenidion .................................................................................................................. 6
6. Ge II with 1 solenidion ...............................................................
kuroshimaensis
species subgroup
– Ge II without solenidion ................................................................................................................ 7
7. Solenida on Ti II absent ...................................................................
phyllotretae
species subgroup
– Solenidia on Ti II present ............................................................................................................... 8
8. Ti II with 1 solenidion ...........................................................................
asahinai
species subgroup
– Ti II with 2 solenidia ...................................................................................................................... 9
9. BFe III with 2 setae .............................................................................
guilinicus
species subgroup
– BFe III with 1 seta ....................................................................................................................... 10
10. Sensillary setae significantly setulose throughout the length ...........
killingtoni
species subgroup
– Sensillary setae setulose about distal half ................................................................................. 11
11. ASens bases posterior to PL bases .................................................
chelonethus
species subgroup
– ASens bases anterior to PL bases .............................................................................................. 12
12. ASens bases level with or anterior to AL bases .....................................
gagzoi
species subgroup
– ASens bases between AL and PL bases .................................................................................... 13
13. Large microsetae on Ge I-II & Ti I ......................................................
aldonae
species subgroup
– Microsetae on Ge I-II & Ti I normal ......................................................................................... 14
14. Chelicerae striated ....................................................................................
treati
species subgroup
– Chelicerae punctate ................................................................................................................... 15
15. fD> 125 ..........................................................................................
millipedius
species subgroup
– fD <125 ..................................................................................................................................... 16
16. 100 <fD <125 ...............................................................................
meloidarum
species subgroup
– fD <100 ..................................................................................................................................... 17
17. Scutum distinctly longer than wide (L−W> 15 μm) .........................
gagrellae
species subgroup
– Scutum otherwise ...................................................................................................................... 18
18. Scutum distinctly wider than long (usually W−L ≥ 14 μm) ..................
gifuensis
species subgroup
– Scutum length and width semi-equal (L> W; or W−L <14 μm)
*
............................................. 19
19. Ti I <125 ........................................................................................
molochinus
species subgroup
– Ti I> 125 ................................................................................................................................... 20
20. Ti III> 340 & Ti I> 280 ...........................................................
boggohoranus
species subgroup
– Ti III <340 or Ti I <280 ...................................................................
phalangii
species subgroup
* The character “L<14 μm” in the parentheses should be replaced with “L> W; or W−L <14 μm” in the definition of the
molochinus
,
boggohoranus
and
phalangii
species subgroups in
Saboori
et al
. (2020)
.
Leptus
(
L.
)
clelandi
Southcott, 1999 and
L.
(
L.
)
tindalei
Southcott, 1999 which were placed in the
gifuensis
species subgroup are placed in the
meloidarum
species subgroup. Thus, species in these two subgroups and the keys to species are changed as follows.