Neosyringophilopsis, Skoracki and Sikora, 2005

Skoracki, Maciej, Spicer, Greg S. & Oconnor, Barry M., 2016, A systematiC review of the subfamily Syringophilinae (ACari: Syringophilidae) of the NearCtiC region. Part 1: quill mites assoCiated with passerines (Aves: Passeriformes), Zootaxa 4084 (4), pp. 451-494 : 461-462

Key to species of the genus Neosyringophilopsis

(females)

* species occurring in the Nearctic region.

1. Setae vi, ve and si subequal in length..................................................................... 2

- Setae ve 2 times longer than vi, setae si 3–3.6 times longer than than vi ................... N. locustellus (Skoracki, 2004)

2. Setae f1 and f2 subequal in length......................................... N. acanthizus Skoracki and Sikora, 2005

- Setae f2 1.7–4 times longer than f1 ........................................................................ 3

3. Hysteronotal shield absent........................................................ N. lonchurus Skoracki, 2008

- Hysteronotal shield present.............................................................................. 4

4. Hysteronotal shield divided longitudinally................................................................ 5

- Hysteronotal shield entire.............................................................................. 7

5. Propodonotal shield divided longitudinally. Agenital setae ag1 and ag3 1.7–6 times longer than ag2 .................... 6

- Propodonotal shield not divided longitudinally but deeply concave on anterior margin. Agenital setae ag1–3 subequal in length.......................................................... N. garrulaxi ( Bochkov, Mironov and Skoracki, 2001)

6. Infracapitulum apunctate. Propodonotal shield punctate. Length ratio of setae ag1: ag2: ag3 4.7:1:6.7....................................................................... N. lybidus Skoracki, Klimovicova, Muchai and Hromada, 2014

- Infracapitulum punctate. Propodonotal shield apunctate. Length ratio of setae ag1: ag2: ag3 1.7–1.8:1:1.7–1.8.......................................................................................... N. troglodytis ( Fritsch, 1958) *

7. Hysteronotal shield entire not fused to pygidial shield. Each medial and lateral branch of peritremes with 6–8 and 9–12 cham- bers, respectively.......................................... N. phylloscopi ( Bochkov, Mironov and Skoracki, 2001)

- Hysteronotal shield fused to pygidial shield. Each medial and lateral branch of peritremes with 3–5 and 7–8 chambers, respec- tively..................................................... N. aegithali ( Bochkov, Mironov and Skoracki, 2001)