Timalinyssus Mironov, 2001

Wang, Zi-Ying & Wang, Jin-Jun, 2008, A new species of feather mite: Timalinyssus Mironov, 2001 (Astigmata: Pteronyssidae) from Garrulax canorus canorus (Linnaeus) (Passeriformes: Timaliidae) in China, Zootaxa 1962 (1), pp. 65-68 : 67

Key to species of the genus Timalinyssus Mironov, 2001

1. Prodorsal shield fused with scapular shields. Male tarsus III normal length. Female with opisthosomal lobes .......... 2

- Prodorsal shield separated from scapular shields. Male tarsus III long,> 121 µm and with dorsal row of 5–6 teeth in basal part. Female idiosomal terminus is rectangular and without opisthosomal lobes .................. T. longitarsus sp. n.

2. Male without transventral sclerite, epiandrum encompassing genital apparatus, setae ps2 setiform, seta d of tarsus III long and large. Female terminal cleft 40–45 in width, anterior part of hysteronotal shield without lateral extensions. ................................................................................................................................................... T. formosanus Mironov

- Male with V-shape transventral sclerite, epiandrum not encompassing genital apparatus, seta ps2 narrow lanceolate, seta d of tarsus III hair-like, shorter than segment. Female terminal cleft 14–20 in width, anterior part of hysteronotal shield without lateral extensions ................................................................................................... T. oliferae (Mironov)