Tanytydeus

Khanjani, Mohammad, Nadri, Ali Reza, Khanjani, Masoumeh & Seeman, Owen D., 2014, Post larval stages of Tanytydeus beyzavii sp. nov. (Acari: Paratydeidae) from Iran, Zootaxa 3895 (2), pp. 170-182 : 171

Key to species of Tanytydeus (females)

The species T. aegypticus , T. amibilis and T. neocristatus are deutonymphs or tritonymphs and are not presented in the following key.

1. Basifemur I with 4 setae, 9 setae in total on femur I; genu IV with 3 setae........................................ 2

- Basifemur I with 3 setae, 8 setae in total on femur I; genu IV with 1 or 2 setae..................................... 3

2. 8–10 pairs of genital setae; idiosomal length 550–685; dorsal setae lengths: c 1 23–29, c2 38–43, d 1 24–30, e 1 21 –28.............................................................................................. T. beyzavii sp. nov.

- 6–7 pairs of genital setae, idiosomal length 455; dorsal setae lengths: c1 15, c2 24, d1 14, e1 15 .................................................................................................. T. kakadu Seeman and Walter, 1999

3. Genu I 7 (1), d absent; genu III–IV with 1 seta, d absent, v ′ in lateral position; tibia II–III 4 (1), 3(1), v′′ absent; genu II lacking solenidial pit; solenidial pits on tarsus I on approximately the same level........... T. lamington Seeman and Walter, 1999

- Genu I 8 (1), d present; genu III–IV with 2 setae, d present, v ′ in ventral position; tibia II–III 5 (1), 4(1), v′′ present; genu II with solenidial pit; 1 solenidial pit on tarsus I distal to the other............................. T. cristatus Theron et al., 1969