Uroiphis

Mašán, Peter & Halliday, Bruce, 2010, Review of the European genera of Eviphididae (Acari: Mesostigmata) and the species occurring in Slovakia 2585, Zootaxa 2585, pp. 1-122 : 86

Key to European species of the genus Uroiphis (deutonymphs)

1. Femur II with 10 setae (2-4/3-1), trochanter I with five setae; sternal shield and medial surface of dorsal shield smooth, without ornamentation ( Figs 151, 152); smaller species, dorsal shield 280–330 µm long............................... .............................................................................................................................. Uroiphis greeni ( Evans 1980) (p. 86)

- Femur II with 11 setae (2-5/3-1), trochanter I with six setae; lateral margins of sternal shield ornamented with short transverse lines ( Fig. 166), central region of dorsal shield with very fine reticulation ( Figs 165, 167, 168); larger species, dorsal shield more than 425 µm long.................................................................................................................... 2

2. Dorsal setae longer: j3 36–45 µm, j4 31–39 µm, j5 31–41 µm, J5 17–22 µm ( Figs 165, 167); width of anal shield 66– 83 µm; length of dorsal shield 430–500 µm ................................................... Uroiphis scabratus Berlese 1903 (p. 91)

- Dorsal setae shorter: j3 26–31 µm, j4 20–23 µm, j5 14–19 µm, J5 12–13 µm ( Fig. 168); width of anal shield 88 µm; length of dorsal shield 487 µm ............................................................................. Uroiphis montivagus sp. nov. (p. 89)