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Metalorryia Andre

Description

Key to the species of Metalorryia André

1. Dorsal idiosomal setae nude; palptibia seta short: not longer than 1/3 of length of palptarsus....................................................................................................... M. magdalenae (Gerson, 1968)

- Dorsal idiosomal setae serrate; palptibia seta long: nearly as long as palptarsus..................................... 2

2. Dorsal opisthosomal setae club-like (broadened distally)....................................................... 3

- Dorsal opisthosomal setae lanceolate or leaf-shaped (pointed).................................................. 5

3. Palpal terminal eupathidium (p’ζ) rod-like: not broadened, but rounded distally; bothridial (bo) setae two times longer than others dorsal idiosomal setae, with slender and feeble distal part........................... M. palpsetosa (Karg, 1975)

- Palpal terminal eupathidium (p’ζ) not rod-like, being broadened or cleft, not rounded distally; bothridial (bo) setae nearly the same length of other dorsal idiosomal setae, without slender and feeble distal part..................................4

4. Dorsal idiosomal setae club-like strongly serrated; gnathosoma concealed by aspidosoma; bothridial (bo) setae twice as long as other dorsal setae.............................................................. M. insignita (Kuznetzov, 1971)

- Dorsal idiosomal setae lanceolate slightly serrated; gnathosoma visible from above; bothridial (bo) setae only slightly longer than other dorsal setae.......................................................... M. armaghensis (Baker, 1968)

5. Dorsal setae leaf-shaped: ratio of length to width of each seta about 3:1..................... M. foliata Kaźmierski, 1998

- Dorsal setae lanceolate, much narrower....................................................................6

6. Palptarsal eupathidium simple, rod-like with round tip; seta d on palp forked; solenidion ɷI located anteriorly on palp; multiangular cells (most often hexagonal) and reticulum connected by Y-shaped cross ties; frames of meshes with single I or double II-shaped costulae...................................................... .. M. anchisi Momen & Lundqvist, 2005

- Palptarsal eupathidium with cross-piece on tip (T-shaped); seta d on palp is simple; solenidion ɷI located posteriorly on palp; frames of meshes without I-shaped costulae......................................... M. delicata (Kuznetzov, 1971) junior synonym: M. cristata (Karg, 1975)

Notes

Published as part of Silva, Guilherme Liberato Da, Metzelthin, Maicon Henrique, Silva, Onilda Santos Da & Ferla, Noeli Juarez, 2016, Catalogue of the mite family Tydeidae (Acari: Prostigmata) with the world key to the species, pp. 1-68 in Zootaxa 4135 (1) on page 53, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4135.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/255684

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Tydeidae
Genus
Metalorryia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Prostigmata
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Andre
Taxon rank
genus

References

  • Gerson, U. (1968) Five tydeid mites from Israel (Acarina: Prostigmata). Israel Journal of Zoology, 17, 191 - 198.
  • Karg, W. (1975) Zur Kenntnis der Tydeiden (Acarina, Trombidiformes) aus Apfelanlagen. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 194, 91 - 110.
  • Kuznetzov, N. N. (1971) Seven species of the genus Lorryia (Tydeidae) from Crimea and Georgia. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 50, 1740 - 1746. [In Russian]
  • Momen, F. M. & Lundqvist, L. (2005) The genera Metalorryia and Tydeus (Acari: Prostigmata: Tydeidae), new and unrecorded species from south Sweden, International Journal of Acarology, 31, 225 - 236. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 01647950508684425