Phyllocoptinae Nalepa, 1892

Huang, Kun-Wei & Wang, Chin-Fah, 2009, Eriophyoid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) of Taiwan: thirty-seven species from Yangmingshan, including one new genus and twenty-two new species, Zootaxa 1986, pp. 1-50 : 20-21

Key to tribes of Phyllocoptinae Nalepa, 1892 from Yangmingshan (modified from Amrine et al., 2003)

1 Empodium divided.................................................................................................. Acaricalini Amrine & Stasny, 1994

- Empodium entire........................................................................................................................................................... 2

2 Scapular setae absent, scapular tubercles present or absent ( Hornophyes with elongate tubercles) .............................

................................................................................................................................. Calacarini Amrine & Stasny, 1994 - Scapular setae and tubercles present............................................................................................................................. 3

3 Opisthosoma, viewed dorsally, with lateral lobes or pointed projections from some or all annuli, or with a plate behind prodorsal shield bearing lateral extensions ........................................................ Tegonotini Bagdasarian, 1987

- Opisthosoma viewed dorsally with annuli evenly downcurved over lateral opisthosomal margins; dorsum varying from evenly arched in cross section to flattened, ridged or furrowed .......................................................................... 4

4 Scapular setae usually with well-formed, often plicate, tubercles placed ahead of rear shield margin, directing setae forward, up or centrad; if tubercles and setae are near rear shield margin, or the alignment of their bases are longitudinal or diagonal to the body ............................................................................................. Phyllocoptini Nalepa, 1892

- Scapular setae with tubercles on or very near the rear shield margin, directing setae to rear, usually divergently; scapular tubercles either subcylindrical, or the alignment of their bases is transverse to the body ............................... ............................................................................................................................ Anthocoptini Amrine & Stasny, 1994