Eriophyes

Xue, Xiao-Feng & Zhang, Zhi-Qiang, 2008, New Zealand Eriophyoidea (Acari: Prostigmata): an update with descriptions of one new genus and six new species, Zootaxa 1962 (1), pp. 1-32 : 17

Key to New Zealand species of Eriophyes

1 Female genital coverflap smooth (host plants: Malvaceae )..........................................................................2

- Female genital coverflap with longitudinal ridges.......................................................................................4

2 Coxal plates with granules and short lines ......................................... Eriophyes sexstylosae Manson, 1984

- Coxal plates smooth......................................................................................................................................3

3 Body vermiform ....................................................................................... Eriophyes plaginus Manson, 1984

- Body more fusiform .................................................................................... Eriophyes hoheriae Lamb, 1952

4 Basiventral femoral setae (bv) absent ........................................................ Eriophyes totarae Manson, 1984

- Basiventral femoral setae (bv) present..........................................................................................................5

5 Setae h1 present............................................................................................................................................6

- Setae h1 absent.............................................................................................................................................9

6 Prosternal apodeme absent ...................................................................... Eriophyes dracophylli Lamb, 1953

- Prosternal apodeme present..........................................................................................................................7

7 Median line on prodorsal shield absent ........................................................... Eriophyes mali Nalepa, 1926

- Median line on prodorsal shield present.......................................................................................................8

8 Tarsal empodium 5-rayed, median line discontinuous .......................... Eriophyes paratrophis Lamb, 1953

- Tarsal empodium 4-rayed, median line present at basal 1/4 ........................................................................... ............................................................................................................. Eriophyes pyri ( Pagenstecher, 1857)

9 Prosternal apodeme absent..........................................................................................................................10

- Prosternal apodeme present........................................................................................................................11

10 Coxal plates smooth ............................................................................. Eriophyes parsonsiae Manson, 1984

- Coxal plates with granules .................................................................................. Eriophyes bennetti sp. nov.

11 Coxal plates smooth....................................................................................................................................12

- Coxal plates with granules or short lines....................................................................................................13

12 Median line complete on prodorsal shield, female genital coverflap with 10 longitudinal ridges ................ ........................................................................................................ Eriophyes planchonellus Manson, 1984

- Median line present 1/3 at base on prodorsal shield, female genital coverflap with 4 longitudinal ridges ... ................................................................................................................ Eriophyes duguidae Manson, 1972

13 Dorsal annuli smooth ................................................................................... Eriophyes lambi Manson, 1965

- Dorsal annuli with granules........................................................................................................................14

14 Dorsal and ventral annuli with round microtubercles, coxal plates with granules ........................................ .......................................................................................................................... Eriophyes georgeae sp. nov.

- Dorsal and ventral annuli with spine-like microtubercles, coxal plates with short lines ............................... ........................................................................................................... Eriophyes leptophyllae Manson, 1984