Brevipalpus Donnadieu

Gupta, S. K. & Bose, Sayani, 2017, Mites (Acari) on medicinal plants in South Bengal, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (2), pp. 154-181 : 160

Genus Brevipalpus Donnadieu Key to the species of Brevipalpus

1. Hysterosoma without dorsosublateral setae….……….2

- Hysterosoma with dorsosublateral setae......… B. pictilis

2. Solenidion on tarsus I and II shorter than width of segments on which they occur……...........…....………3

- Solenidion on tarsus I and II longer or about as long as width of segments on which they occur … B. mitrofanovi group

3. Hysterosoma with 5pairs of dorsolateral...............……4

- Hysterosom with 6pairs of dorsolateral…..........…….12

4. Tarsus II with a single solenidion distally…............……5

- Tarsus II with 2 solenidia distally…… B. phoenicis group

5. Dorsum or part of dorsum reticulate or tuberculate…...6

- Dorsum with striae…...... ........................................……8

6. Dorsum tuberculate, posterior pair of medioventral absent……………..…………...............………. B. absens

- Dorsum mostly reticulate, posterior pair of medioventral present.. ........................................................................…..7

7. Propodosoma with rather even reticulations mediolaterally, consisting of 4-6 polygonal cells...…… ……….……………………………............... B. obovatus

- Propodosoma with few reticulations mediolaterally, consisting of not more than 4 rows of polygonal cells....................................................................… B. amicus

8. Dorsum nearly smooth….....................…….. B. edwinae

- Dorsum completely covered with striae.... ..............…..9

9. Dorsal body setae setiform…....................…. B. melichrus

- Dorsal body setae lanceolate............................……….10