Meitingsunes

Kaszewska, Katarzyna, Skoracki, Maciej & Kavetska, Katarzyna, 2016, Two new Meitingsunes species (Acari: Syringophilidae) from Indonesian doves (Columbiformes: Columbidae), Zootaxa 4109 (4), pp. 479-486 : 485

Key to species of the genus Meitingsunes

(Females)

1. Hysteronotal shield absent, coxal fields I‒IV punctate....................................... M. turacoenas sp. nov.

- Hysteronotal shield present, coxal fields I‒IV apunctate...................................................... 2

2. Setae f1 twice as long as h1............................................. M. aldwelles Glowska and Skoracki, 2010

- Setae f1 and h1 subequal in length or f1 1.7‒2 times shorter than h1 ............................................. 3

3. Body length less than 600µm, length of setae ve 20‒30, si 70‒100, se 130‒150....... M. caprimulgus Skoracki e t al. 2015 .

- Body length more than 600µm, length of setae ve 50‒120, si 130‒190, se 185‒260.................................. 4

4. Propodonotal shield entire and punctate; bases of setae ve and si situated on propodonotal shield...................... 5

- Propodonotal shield divided into 2 triangular sclerites, apunctate; bases of setae ve and si situated off propodonotal shield..................................................................................... M. chalcophaps sp. nov.

5. Bases of setae 3a situated on coxal fields III........................................ M. columbicus Skoracki, 2011

- Bases of setae 3a situated off coxal fields III............................................................... 6

6. Hysteronotal shield represented by 3 sclerites, medial fused to punctate pygidial shield....... M. zenadourae ( Clark, 1964)

- Hysteronotal shield represented by unpaired sclerites not fused to pygidial shield.................................................................................................... M. tympanistria ( Skoracki and Dabert, 2002)