Macronyssus, Kolenati, 1858

Orlova, Maria V. & Anisimov, Nikolay V., 2023, Three new species of bat-parasitic gamasid mites of the genera Spinturnix, Macronyssus and Steatonyssus (Acari: Mesostigmata: Spinturnicidae, Macronyssidae) from Siberia and Mongolia, with keys to species of Russia and adjacent countries, Persian Journal of Acarology 12 (2), pp. 211-239 : 221-222

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https://doi.org/ 10.22073/pja.v12i2.76740

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Macronyssus
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Key to species of the genus Macronyssus View in CoL of Russia and adjacent countries (females)

NOTE: Some key features on each species do not necessarily correspond to the indicated figure; the figures show comparative details of the sternal shield of those Macronyssus species of Russia and adjacent countries.

1. Dorsal plate with 30 pairs of setae ..................... Macronyssus hosonoi Uchikawa, 1979 View in CoL ( Fig. 26 View Figure 17–32 )

– Dorsal plate with less than 28 pairs of setae ................................................................................. 2

2. Setae St 1 not reaching posterior margin of sternal plate ............................................................... 3

– Setae St 1 reaching posterior margin of sternal plate ................................................................... 10

3. Dorsal plate with 26–28 pairs of setae .......................................................................................... 4

– Dorsal plate with 20–25 pairs of setae .......................................................................................... 8

4. Dorsal plate with 28 pairs of setae. ............................................................................................... 5

– Dorsal plate with 26 pairs of setae. Sternal glands with short lines forming 3 unequal cells, covered by dot-and-dash lines ........................................... M. sibiricus Orlova & Zhigalin, 2015 View in CoL ( Fig. 27 View Figure 17–32 )

5. Sternal setae and most of other ventral idiosomal setae distinctly widened basally. Sternal glands with striae and no cells ................................................... M. kolenatii (Oudemans, 1902) View in CoL ( Fig. 30 View Figure 17–32 )

– Sternal setae and most of the other ventral idiosomal setae simple, not widened basally. Sternal glands with 3–6 cells and (sometimes) striae ................................................................................ 8

6. Sternal glands with 5–6 cells without small strokes ..................................................................... 7

– Sternal glands with 3–4 cells covered with small strokes ................................................................ .................................................................................. M. crosbyi (Ewing & Stover, 1915) View in CoL ( Fig. 29 View Figure 17–32 )

7. Dorsal shield longer than 550 μm, width greater than 270 μm, sternal glands with large reticulate pattern ..................................................................................... M. flavus (Kolenati, 1856) View in CoL ( Fig. 24 View Figure 17–32 )

– Dorsal shield shorter than 550 μm, width less than 270 μm, sternal glands with small reticulate pattern ................................................................ M. leislerianus Fain, Walter & Heddergott, 2003 View in CoL

8. Dorsal plate with 25 pairs of setae. Sternal glands with short lines and points, forming rounded zones ............................................................. M. stanyukovichi Orlova & Zhigalin, 2015 ( Fig. 31 View Figure 17–32 )

– Dorsal plate with 20–24 pairs of setae, sternal glands without rounded zones ............................. 9

9. Dorsal plate with 20 pairs of setae. Setae Z 5 long. Sternal glands with striae forming a pattern that resembles a fingerprint ...................................................... M. ellipticus (Kolenati, 1856) View in CoL ( Fig. 20 View Figure 17–32 )

– Dorsal plate with 22–24 pairs of setae. Setae Z 5 short. Sternal glands with many undulated striae ........................................................................................ M. cyclaspis (Oudemans, 1906) View in CoL ( Fig. 19 View Figure 17–32 )

10. Dorsal plate with 28 pairs of setae ............................................................................................ 11

– Dorsal plate with 25–27 pairs of setae ...................................................................................... 14

11. Posterior margin of sternal plate concave, reaching level of setae St2 ..................................... 12

– Posterior margin of sternal plate slightly concave, not reaching level of setae St2 .................. 13

12. Sternal glands with one cell, covered with cruciate striae within an oval zone ............................. ................................................................................. M. charusnurensis Dusbábek 1966 View in CoL ( Fig. 21 View Figure 17–32 )

– Sternal glands without oval zone with two cells, covered by distinct, irregular, striae ................. ........................................................................... M. corethroproctus (Oudemans, 1902) View in CoL ( Fig. 18 View Figure 17–32 )

13. Sternal glands with V-shaped striae; six deutosternal teeth with one denticle in a row ................ ................................................................ M. barbastellinus Dusbábek & Pinchuk, 1971 View in CoL ( Fig. 17 View Figure 17–32 )

– Sternal glands resemble cells, some of which exhibiting dot-and-dash lines; ten deutosternal teeth with one denticle in a row (may be two denticles in lower row) ................................................... ............................................................ M. heteromorphus Dusbábek & Radovsky, 1972 View in CoL ( Fig. 22 View Figure 17–32 )

14. Dorsal plate with 25 pairs of setae; setae J 3 absent .... M. uncinatus (Canestrini, 1885) View in CoL ( Fig. 32 View Figure 17–32 )

– Dorsal plate with 26–27 pairs of setae; setae J 3 present .......................................................... 15

15. Dorsal plate with 26 pairs of setae ............................................................................................ 16

– Dorsal plate with 27 pairs of setae ............................................................................................ 17

16. Sternal glands with two semicircular zones surrounding few short striae ..................................... ........................................................................ M. temujini Orlova & Anisimov sp. nov. ( Fig. 16 View Figures 15–16 )

– Sternal glands without semicircular zones and short striae, consist of curved wavy lines that form closed shapes ...................................................... M. tigirecus Orlova & Zhigalin, 2015 ( Fig. 28 View Figure 17–32 )

17. Sternal glands not small and not oval, composed of four curved granular lines in a regular pattern; setae in j–J –series are microsetae, subequal ............... M. granulosus (Kolenati, 1856) View in CoL ( Fig. 25 View Figure 17–32 )

– Sternal glands small and oval; setae in j–J –series increase in length from j 3 to J3 ...................... ..................................................................................... M. diversipilis (Vitzthum, 1920) View in CoL ( Fig. 23 View Figure 17–32 )

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