Copriphis, Berlese, 1910

Mašán, Peter & Halliday, Bruce, 2010, Review of the European genera of Eviphididae (Acari: Mesostigmata) and the species occurring in Slovakia 2585, Zootaxa 2585, pp. 1-122 : 42

Key to European species of the genus Copriphis (females)

1. All ventral idiosomal setae uniform in shape, simple, smooth and needle-like ( Fig. 35); post-stigmatic section of peritrematal shields well developed, wider than medial part of shield; length of dorsal shield 730–855 µm [ Bulgaria, Italy, Poland, Slovakia] .......................................................................... Copriphis pterophilus ( Berlese 1882a) (p. 42)

- Some ventral idiosomal setae modified in shape: sternal setae st3–st5 and posterior setae on coxae I–III thickened, slightly flattened, lanceolate and spur-like; post-stigmatic section of peritrematal shields weakly developed, narrower than medial part of shield; length of dorsal shield 800 µm [ Italy, Greece, Asia] ................................................. ............................................................................................... Copriphis falcinellus (G. & R. Canestrini 1882b) (p. 42)