Reticulolaelaps, Costa, 1968

Nemati, Alireza, Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Gwiazdowicz, Dariusz J., 2019, A review of the genus Reticulolaelaps Costa and redescription of R. elsae (Joharchi, Babaeian & Jalalizand) comb. nov., Persian Journal of Acarology 8 (2), pp. 77-99 : 94

Key to the world species of Reticulolaelaps (females)

1. Genitoventral shield with 3–4 pairs of setae ................................................................................... 2

– Genitoventral shield with 6 pairs of setae ....................................................................................... 3

2. Genitoventral shield with 3 pairs of setae, podal plates crescent shape and separated from genitoventral shield ......................................................................... R. elsae ( Joharchi et al., 2016)

– Genitoventral shield with 4 pairs of setae, podal plates large triangular and fused with genitoventral shield ....................................................................................................... R. lativentris Karg, 1978

3. Dorsal shield setae falciform and thick .................................. R. costai Joharchi & Babaeian, 2015

– Dorsal shield setae acicular and delicate......................................................................................... 4

4. First pair of sternal pores (iv1) are outside setae st1; dorsal shield with 122–125 setae, most of them don’t reach to the base of next setae; anal shield without notch in lateral sides ...................... .......................................................................................................................... R. faini Costa, 1968

– First pair of sternal pores (iv1) are between setae st1; dorsal shield with 116 relatively long setae, most of them reach to the base of next setae, anal shield with notch in the lateral sides …………..… ............................................................................. R. hallidayi Joharchi, Nemati & Babaeian, 2013