Nothopodinae Keifer, 1956

Huang, Kun-Wei & Wang, Chin-Fah, 2009, Eriophyoid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) of Taiwan: thirty-seven species from Yangmingshan, including one new genus and twenty-two new species, Zootaxa 1986, pp. 1-50 : 4

Key to species of Nothopodinae Keifer, 1956 from Yangmingshan

1 Coxa I with setae 1b; coxae of legs I usually weakly divided; scapular setae ahead of rear shield margin, directed upward and centrad; tibia of legs I completely fused with tarsus................ Colopodacini Mohanasundaram, 1984 ...2

- Coxa I without setae 1b; coxa of legs I either separate or fused across midline; scapular setae and tibia of legs I vari- able.................................................................................................................................... Nothopodini Keifer, 1956 ...4

2 Opisthosomal seta e absent; genu II seta absent; opisthosomal dorsum with median and subdorsal ridges, first dorsal annul broad ...................................................................................................... Taicolopodacus primus gen. et sp. nov.

- Opisthosoma seta e present; genu II seta present ......................................................................................................... 3

3 Prodorsal shield design with median line, epigynium with granules .............................. Colopodacus rubrus sp. nov.

- Prodorsal shield design without median line, epigynium with longitudinal ridges .... Colopodacus parallelus sp. nov.

4 No appreciable frontal lobe over gnathosoma; scapular tubercles near rear shield margin, sc directed posteriorly, up or anteriorly; opisthosoma with annuli subequal ........................................................ Nothopoda taiwanensis sp. nov.

- Prodorsal shield with short frontal lobe over gnathosoma; scapular tubercles, sc and annuli variable ....................... 5

5 Scapular tubercles located near lateral margins of shield, sc directed laterally or posteriorly, opisthosoma smooth dorsally...................................................................................................................... Pangacarus formosanus sp. nov.

- Scapular tubercles located more centrally, either ahead of or on rear margin, sc usually directed up ........................ 6

6 Prodorsal shield design with median line absent ................................................................. Cosella kadsuriae sp. nov.

- Prodorsal shield design with median line present......................................................................................................... 7

7 Prodorsal shield design with 2 transverse lines between median and admedian lines ................................................. 8

- Prodorsal shield design with 3 transverse lines between median and admedian lines ............................................... 9

8 Empodium 2 rayed ............................................................................................................ Cosella parvifloriae sp. nov.

- Empodium 4 rayed ....................................................................................................... Cosella fleshneri (Keifer, 1959)

9 Empodium 3 rayed ................................................................................................................ Cosella chinensis sp. nov.

- Empodium 4 rayed .......................................................................................... Cosella vibumiae Huang et Wang, 2003