Perscheloribates, Hammer, 1973

Ermilov, Sergey G., Rybalov, Leonid B. & Franke, Kerstin, 2011, Ethiopian oribatid mites of the family Scheloribatidae (Acari: Oribatida), African Invertebrates 52 (2), pp. 311-311 : 321

Key to African species of Perscheloribates

1 Translamellar line absent .......................................................................................2

– Translamellar line always present (interrupted medially)......................................4

2 Aggenital setae absent................................................ ethiopicus (Mahunka, 1986)

– Aggenital setae present ..........................................................................................3

3 All notogatral setae present, considerably longer than diameter of bothridia ......... ......................................................................................... shiraensis (Evans, 1953)

– Dorsal notogatral setae absent (only alveoli present), caudal setae not longer than diameter of bothridia........................................... rustenburgensis ( Pletzen, 1963)

4 Prolamella short, not reaching insertion of rostral setae.......................................... ......................................................................................... minimus Mahunka, 1992

– Prolamella long, reaching insertion of rostral setae or absent ...............................5

5 Sensilli spindle-form..............................................................................................6

– Sensilli lanceolate ..................................................................................................7

6 Sensillar head barbed; notogastral setae p 1 – p 3 present .... minutus (Pletzen, 1965)

– Sensillar head smooth; only notogastral setae p 1 present ......................................... .............................................................................. tzitzikamaensis ( Pletzen, 1963)

7 Lamellar setae clear thicker than rostral and interlamellar setae ............................. .................................................................................................. crassisetosus sp. n.

– Lamellar setae not thickened....................................... luminosus ( Hammer, 1961)