Empitrombium, Southcott, 1994

Kohansal, Mahnaz, Ramroodi, Sara, Noei, Javad & Rakhshani, Ehsan, 2023, New data on Marantelophus iranicus and Empitrombium makolae (Acari: Erythraeidae, Microtrombidiidae), Persian Journal of Acarology 12 (1), pp. 67-79 : 76

Key to larval species of Empitrombium of the world [after Saberi-Riseh & Saboori (2020) with corrections]

1. Idiosoma with network markings.. E. dictyostracum * (Vercammen-Grandjean & Cochrane, 1974)

– Idiosoma without network markings............................................................................................... 2

2. Palpal tibia without median constriction ............................ E. pesici Saboori & Hakimitabar, 2009

– Palpal tibia with median constriction .............................................................................................. 3

3. AW 82–101, PW 86–101, SB 52–62, AL 52–67 ............... E. makolae * * Sevsay & Karakurt, 2013

– AW <69, PW <69, SB <43, AL <39 ........................................................................................... 3

4. Ta III ~100, Ge III ~33, Fe III ~53, IP ~876 ..................................... E. littorale (Michener, 1946)

– Ta III 69–78, Ge III 16–20, Fe III 37–40, IP 691–725 ... E. prasadi Saberi-Riseh & Saboori, 2020