Atheroides

Wieczorek, Karina, 2011, Descriptions of four hitherto unknown or little-known morphs of Siphini (Hemiptera, Aphidoidea: Chaitophorinae), Zootaxa 2756, pp. 53-60 : 54

Key to known oviparous females of the genus Atheroides

1. Dorsal hairs numerous, pointed........................................................................... 2

-. Dorsal hairs not numerous, with flattened or forked apices..................................................... 3

2. Hind tibiae with 19–21 pseudosensoria. Terminal process about 1.37 times base. The longest antennal hair III about 1.25 times basal articular diameter of this segment. Cauda covered by abdominal tergite VIII............. A. doncasteri Ossiannilsson

-. Hind tibiae with 19–37 pseudosensoria. Terminal process about 1.27 times base. The longest antennal hair III about 3.00 times basal articular diameter of this segment. Cauda not covered by abdominal tergite VIII................ A. hirtellus Haliday

3. Hind tibiae with 4–31 (10–12) pseudosensoria. Hairs of abdominal tergite VIII with pointed, jagged or fan-shaped apices. Empodial hairs pointed................................................................. A. brevicornis Laing

-. Hind tibiae with 42–45 pseudosensoria. Hairs of abdominal tergite VIII with pointed apices. Empodial hairs spatulate........................................................................................... A. serrulatus Haliday