Cilliba, von Heyden, 1826

Babaeian, E., Gwiazdowicz, D. J. & Saboori, A., 2018, Description Of The Male Of Cilliba Erlangensis (Acari, Uropodina, Cillibidae) With A Key To Males Of The Genus Cilliba, Vestnik Zoologii 52 (4), pp. 307-312 : 310-311

Key to the known male of the genus Cilliba (partly according to Stachowiak et al., 2008)

1. Ventral setae v1 = v2 .......................................................................................................................................... 2

— Ventral seta v1 = 1/2 or 2/3 v2 .......................................................................................................................... 5

2. Trochanter III with a ventral apophys ............................................................................................................. 3

— Trochanter III without a ventral apophys ........................................................................................................ 4

3. Centro-dorsal region of dorsal shield separate from marginal shield ............................................................ ........................................................................................... C. stammeri Hirschmann & Zirngiebl-Nicol, 1964

— Centro-dorsal region of dorsal shield fused anteriorly with marginal shield ................................................ ................................................................................................................................. C. insularis Willmann, 1938

4. Pa = 2 Ad1, the most anterior dorsal seta pilose, with M-shaped sclerotised ridges near posterior margin of centro-dorsal region ............................................................................................ C. vellas Kontschán, 2010

— Pa = Ad1, the most anterior dorsal seta smooth and needle-like, without M-shaped sclerotised ridges on centro-dorsal region .............................................................................................................................................. ................................................................................................................................ C. cassidea (Hermann, 1804)

5. Seta v1 = 2/3 v2, hypostomal seta h4 absent ...................................................................................................... ..................................................................................... C. cassidoidea ( Hirschmann & Zirngiebl-Nicol, 1964)

— Seta v1 = 1/2 v2, hypostomal seta h4 present...................................................................................................6

6. Centro-dorsal region smooth, Pa = Ad2 ............................................................................................................. ..................................................................................... C. erlangensis ( Hirschmann & Zirngiebl-Nicol, 1964)

— Centro-dorsal region with small circular pits on whole surface or on posterior half, Pa = Ad1 ............. 7

7. Circular pits present on whole surface of dorsal shield, hypostomal seta h4 short and smooth, seta v1 on palp trochanter narrowly thickened and nearly as long as v2 .......................................................................................... C. athiasae ( Hirschmann & Zirngiebl-Nicol, 1964) Circular pits present on posterior half of dorsal shield, hypostomal seta h4 long and pilose distally, seta v1 on palp trochanter sharply thickened and about two times longer than v2 .. C. sellnicki ( Hirschmann & Zirngiebl-Nicol, 1964)