Malasudis, SCHUSTER & SUMMERS

Haitlinger, Ryszard, 2001, Four new diarthrophallid mites (Acari, Mesostigmata, Diarthrophallidae) from tropical Africa, Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum (Entomology) 10 - 11, pp. 169-177 : 175-176

Key to females of Malasudis

1. Seta dl not exceeding 100 bm in length; dorsal plate only with two pairs of ultralong setae ........ M. echinopus SCHUSTER & SUMMERS, 1978 ,Kenya

- Seta dl exceeding 170 Rm in length; dorsal plate bears at least three pairs of ultralong setae.......................................................................................2

2. Setae on femora III-IV unequal in length; femora III with one seta at least thrice longer than the remaining ones ..... M. vernaen .sp., Madagascar

- Setae on femora III-IV with similar length; if unequal then one of them twice longer and dorsal plate has only three pairs of setae .............. 3

3. Dorsal plate with three pairs of setae. Postgenital setae set on or close beside posterior margin of sternoventral plate ............................................................. M. tribulusSCHUSTER&SUMMERS, 1978,Madagascar

- Dorsal plate with five or six pairs of setae. Postgenital setae on sterno-ventral plate...............................................................................................4

4. Dorsal plate with six pairs of setae; their length less than 250 Pm. Tectum bears bifurcate medial ramus. Macrosetae on femora III-IV with different length; macrosetae FelVa/FelVb ratio 1.80-2.00 ............................................................................................................. M. arii n.sp., Cameroon

-.... Dorsal plate with five pairs of setae; their length more than 300 Pm. Tectum with undivided medial ramus. Macrosetae on femora III-IV similar in length; macrosetae FelVa/FelVb ratio 1.28 ............................ M. koraen .sp., Madagascar