Anoplocheylus Berlese, 1910

Khanjani, Mohammad, Hoseini, Mohammad Ahmad & Amini, Fatemeh, 2014, Two new Anoplocheylus species (Acari: Trombidiformes: Pseudocheylidae) from Kurdistan province of Iran, Zootaxa 3861 (2), pp. 185-192 : 186

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3861.2.6

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6138915

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Anoplocheylus Berlese, 1910
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Genus Anoplocheylus Berlese, 1910

Type species: Anoplocheylus europaeus Berlese, 1910

Diagnosis. Peritremes in soft cuticle connecting gnathosoma and idiosoma, completely or partly chambered (striated proximally and chambered distally in Neocheylus ); legs with pre-tarsi stalked, annulated, bearing a pliable empodium without claws (but present in some Pseudocheylus ) ( Ueckermann & Khanjani 2004).

Key to species of the genus Anoplocheylus Berlese

(after Ueckermann and Khanjani, 2004; with additions by Bagheri et al. 2013)

1. Palptibia with two subapical spurs........................................................................ 2

- Palptibia with one subapical spur........................................................ A. europaeus Berlese

2. Prodorsal sensillae (sc1) simple.......................................................................... 9

- Prodorsal sensillae (sc1) clavate or plumose................................................................ 3

3. Prodorsal sensillae (sc1) plumose..................................................... A. qorvehiensis sp. nov.

- Prodorsal sensillae (sc1) clavate......................................................................... 4

4. Prodorsal shield with five pairs of setae (sensillae included)................... A. paraclavatus Van Dis and Ueckermann

- Prodorsal shield with six pairs of setae (sensillae included)..................................................... 5

5. Pair of simple setae between sensillae as long as sensillae........................... A. bonabjadidiensis Navaei-Bonab

- Pair of simple setae between sensillae shorter than sensillae.................................................... 6

6. Claviform sensillae distinctly broad................................................. A. clavatus Baker and Atyeo

- Claviform sensillae more slender......................................................................... 7

7. With one pair of setae between coxal field I, basifemur I with six setae............................. A. kazemii Bagheri

- With two pairs of setae between coxal field I, basifemur I with eight setae......................................... 8

8. Trochanter II with two setae, basifemur III with two setae......................................... A. sinai Bagheri

- Trochanter II with one seta, basifemur III with three setae................... A. malayeriensis Ueckermann and Khanjani

9. Tarsus III with a solenidion............................................................................. 10

- Tarsus III without solenidion............................................................................ 11

10. Most of the dorsal setae shorter than distance to next behind setae............. A. brevisetosus Ueckermann and Khanjani

- Most of the dorsal setae as long as or longer than distance to next behind setae....... A. tellustrus Van Dis and Ueckermann

11. Posterior prodorsal shield setae (sc4) as long as or slightly shorter than distance to sensillae (sc1), hysterosoma with a pair of humeral setae and four caudal setae clearly longer than rest of hysterosomal setae......... A. transiens Delfinado and Baker

- Posterior prodorsal shield setae (sc4) much longer than distance to sensillae (sc1), hysterosoma with an additional pair of humeral setae and five caudal setae clearly longer than rest of hysterosomal setae................................. 12

12. Anal setae ps1 (28–35) much shorter than ps2 (41–54), coxal field I with four setae................................................................................................... A. aegypticus Baker / A. protea (Womersley)

- Anal setae subequal; coxal field I with three or four setae..................................................... 13

13. Basifemora I with six setae, coxal field I with three setae.......................... A. tauricus Livshitz and Mitrofanov

- Basifemora I with eight setae, coxal field I with four setae................................. A. marivaniensis sp. nov.

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