Podocinidae, Berlese, 1913

Barros, Avyla R. A., Castilho, Raphael C. & De Moraes, Gilberto J., 2020, Catalogue of the mite family Podocinidae Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata), Zootaxa 4802 (1), pp. 141-156 : 144

Key to genera of Podocinidae (adult females)

1. Anterior region of epistome acuminate; dorsal shield with 40 pairs of setae; with one pair of pre-sternal plates; ventrianal shield with six pairs of preanal setae; leg I slightly shorter than leg IV (both longer than other legs), with pretarsus; genua II, III and IV with six, six and five setae, respectively; tibia IV with seven setae........................... Africoseius ( Figs 1–4 )

- Anterior region of epistome trispinate; dorsal shield with 11–23 pairs of setae; pre-sternal plates absent; ventrianal shield with 3–4 pairs of preanal setae; leg I much longer than other legs, without pretarsus; genua II, III and IV with seven, seven, six setae, respectively; tibia IV with six setae....................................................................... 2

2. Leg I antenna-like, terminating in two whip-like setae....................................... Podocinum ( Figs 5–8 )

- Leg I antenna-like, terminating in a single whip-like seta.................................... Podocinella ( Figs 9–12 )

Figures

FIGURES 1–4. Africoseius lativentris (Karg, 1982). Female. 1. Epistome; 2. Dorsal idiosoma; 3. Ventral idiosoma; 4. Tarsus of leg I [adapted from Rueda-Ramírez et al., 2019].

FIGURES 5–8. Podocinum tupinamba Santos, Martins, Britto & Moraes, 2017. Female. 5. Epistome; 6. Dorsal idiosoma; 7. Ventral idiosoma 8. Tarsus of leg I [adapted from Santos et al., 2017].

FIGURES 9–12. 9–11. Podocinella misella (Berlese, 1913). Female. 9. Epistome; 10. Dorsal idiosoma; 11. Ventral idiosoma [adapted from Santos et al., 2019]; 12. Podocinella alstoni Evans & Hyatt, 1958. Female. Tarsus of leg I [adapted from Evans & Hyatt, 1958].