Elattoma (Females)

Rahiminejad, Vahid, Hajiqanbar, Hamidreza & Fathipour, Yaghoub, 2011, Two new species of the genus Elattoma (Acari: Heterostigmatina: Pygmephoridae) phoretic on Morimus verecundus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Iran, Zootaxa 2903, pp. 48-56 : 55-56

Key to world species of the genus Elattoma (Females)

1. Seta h 2 absent......................................................................................... 2

- Seta h 2 present........................................................................................ 7

2. Seta pl” on tarsus II spatulate.......................................................................... 3

- Seta pl” on tarsus II spine like........................................................................... 5

3. Solenidion ǫ2 shorter than solenidion ǫ1, seta e longer than seta h 1, setae h 1 bluntly ended............. E. abeskoun sp. nov.

- Solenidion ǫ2 longer than solenidion ǫ1, seta e shorter than seta h 1, setae h 1 pointed.................................. 4

4. Seta f more than three times longer than seta e, seta c 1 longer than seta c 2...................... E. cerambycidum sp. nov.

- Seta f less than three times longer than seta e, seta c 1 shorter than seta c 2.................... E. kornilovi Khaustov, 2000

5. Most hysterosomal setae strong and serrate, solenidion ǫ2 longer than solenidion ǫ1.......... E. alaskensis Khaustov, 2003

- Hysterosomal setae smooth, solenidion ǫ2 shorter than solenidion ǫ1............................................ 6

6. Seta f more than two times longer than seta e, seta h 1 longer than seta e ......................... E. alni Khaustov, 2003

- Seta f less than two times longer than seta e, seta h 1 shorter than seta e ........................ E. fraxini Khaustov, 2000

7. Seta f more than two times longer seta e....................................... E . bennetti ( Cross and Moser, 1971)

- Seta f less than two times longer seta e ..................................................................... 8

8. Seta d not reaching to posterior border of tergite D...................................... E. karafiati ( Krczal, 1959)

- Seta d reaching to posterior border of tergite D............................................................. 9

9. Solenidion ǫ2 longer than solenidion ǫ1................................................ E. crossi Khaustov, 2000

- Solenidion ǫ2 shorter than solenidion ǫ1................................................. E. lata Khaustov, 2000