Erythraeus (Zaracarus)

Noei, Javad, Maroufpoor, Mostafa, Faizi, Fardin & Ostovan, Hadi, 2017, Second record of Erythraeus (Zaracarus) coleopterus (Acari: Erythraeidae) from Iran with new morphological data, Persian Journal of Acarology 6 (2), pp. 71-80 : 76

Key to species of the subgenus Erythraeus (Zaracarus) of the world (larva) [modified from Mahmoudi et al. (2014) with corrections]

1. fn BFe 3-3-3 or 3-3-2 ……...…………………..……………………………………………...….. 2

– fn BFe 2-2-2 ………………..…………………………………………………………………… 18

2. BFe 3-3-2 ……………...…….…………………………………...…. E. (Z.) plumatus Beron, 2008

– BFe 3-3-3 ……...............……..……………………………………...…………………………… 3

3. Ti III <242 …………………………………………………...... E. (Z.) jinkaensis Haitlinger, 2006

– Ti III> 271 ………………………………………………….……………………………...…….. 4

4. Ti III> 420 ……………………………………………………..………………………………… 5

– Ti III <370 …………………………………………………………….………………………..... 8

5. Ti III <424 …………………………………………………………………......………………… 6

– Ti III> 439 …………………………………………………………………………….……...….. 7

6. Ti III 420, Ti II with 14 normal setae ………………...…….......… E. (Z.) fabiolae Haitlinger, 1997

– Ti III 424, Ti II with 15 normal setae ……….……..... E. (Z.) longipedus Saboori & Nowzari, 2001

7. Ti III 439–511, Ti II and III with 14 normal setae, AL with swelling near bases ……………...……. ………………………………..…..…………..……………..… E. (Z.) adrianicus Haitlinger, 2012

– Ti III 470–484, Ti II and III with 15 normal setae, AL without swelling near bases ..………………. ……..………………………….……...…. E. (Z.) hafezi Saboori, Hakimitabar & Mahmoudi, 2014

8. Ti III 271–278, Ti III with 16 normal setae ……………………..………………………………….. ……...………….............................................................….. E. (Z.) perpusillus Kamran et al., 2009

– Ti III> 346, Ti III with less than 16 setae ……………….……………………………….……… 9

9. NDV 68, fD 54 …………………………………………...….. E. (Z.) kastaniensis Haitlinger, 2006

– NDV <61, fD <42 ………………………………………………..…………………………….. 10

10. AL without swelling near bases …………..…………………………………………………… 11