Aulobia species

Skoracki, Maciej, 2011, Quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) of the Palaearctic region 2840, Zootaxa 2840 (1), pp. 1-414 : 111-112

Key to Aulobia species

(Females)

1. Setae vi, ve and si subequal in length. Hysteronotal shield fused to pygidial shield............ A. dendroicae Kethley, 1970

– Setae ve and si longer than vi. Hysteronotal shield not fused to pygidial shield.................................... 2

2. Each lateral branch of peritremes with 18–20 chambers................ A. cardueli Skoracki, Hendricks and Spicer, 2010

– Each lateral branch of peritremes with no more than 15 chambers.............................................. 3

3. Aggenital setae ag2 shorter than 100.................................................... A. leucostictus sp. nov.

– Aggenital setae ag2 longer than 120..................................................................... 4

4. Setae f1 longer than 90..................................................... A. virens Skoracki and Dabert, 2001

– Setae f1 shorter than 65............................................................................... 5

5. Length of setae si 85–105.............................................................................. 6

– Length of setae si 150–230............................................................................. 7

6. Coxal fields I and II densely punctate. Lateral branch of peritremes with 14 chambers. Setae ve and si subequal in length..................................................... A. stachyris ( Bochkov, Mironov and Skoracki, 2000) comb. nov.

– Coxal fields I and II sparsely punctate. Lateral branch of peritremes with 8–10 chambers. Setae si 1.5 times longer than ve. A. nectariniae Skoracki and Glowska, 2008

7. Length of setae vi 45–50. Infracapitulum densely punctate..................................................... 8

– Length of setae vi 65–85. Infracapitulum sparsely punctate or apunctate......................................... 9

8. Total body length 985–1030. Each branch of peritremes with 13–15 chambers....... A. sylviae Bochkov and Mironov, 1998

– Total body length 875. Each branch of peritremes with 7 chambers........ A. sylviettae ( Fain, Bochkov and Mironov, 2000)

9. Hysteronotal shield weakly visible. Posterior margin not reaching bases of setae e2 ..................................................................................................... A. erythroptera Skoracki and Dabert, 2001

– Hysteronotal shield clearly visible. Posterior margin reaching bases of setae e2 .................................... 10

10. Length ratio of setae ag3: f2 is 1:1. Hysteronotal shield apunctate................ A. cisticolae Skoracki and Sikora, 2003

– Length ratio of setae ag3: f2 is 1:1.6. Hysteronotal shield punctate.............. A. anthreptes Skoracki and Glowska, 2008