Listropsoralges brevisetosus, Grootaert, Patrick, 2013

Grootaert, Patrick, 2013, Revision of the family Listropsoralgidae Fain, 1965 (Acariformes: Sarcoptoidea) - skin parasites of marsupials and rodents 3611, Zootaxa 3611 (1), pp. 1-69 : 13

Key to species of the genus Listropsoralges Fain, 1965

Males

(unknown for L. brevisetosus sp. nov. and L. caenolestes sp. n.; not discernible between L. marmosae Fain, 1965 and L. similis sp. n.).

1. Dorsal shield unornamented............................................................................ 2

- Dorsal shields ornamented.............................................................................. 4

2. Setae se reaching level of seta d2 bases. Body length, including gnathosoma, less than 180........................... 3

- Setae se distinctly not reaching level of seta d2 bases. Body length, including gnathosoma, more than 200........................................................................ L. caluromys Bochkov and Wauthy, 2009 ( Figs. 13 , 14 )

3. Setae cp about 25 long...................................... L. marmosae Fain, 1965 and L. similis sp. n. ( Fig. 10 )

- Setae cp about 40 long............................................................ L. thylamys sp. n. ( Fig. 15 )

4. Propodonotal shield covered by small unsclerotized lacunae. Opisthosomal lobes not developed, setae h2 and h3 situated on fleshy projections..................................................................................... 5

- Propodonotal shield densely punctuated. Opisthosomal lobes present, fleshly-like projections bearing setae h2 and h3 absent.............................................................. L. faini Bochkov and Wauthy, 2009 ( Figs. 22 , 23 )

5. Body length, including gnathosoma, about 155. Hysteronotal shield covered by uniform ornamentation. Setae cp 6 times longer than c2 .................................................................. L. vossi sp. n. ( Figs. 28 , 29 )

- Body length, including gnathosoma, about1 185. Hysteronotal shield covered by heterogeneous ornamentation. Setae cp 1.2 times longer than c2 ................................................... L. monodelphis Fain, 1965 ( Figs. 25 , 26 )

Figures

FIGURE 10. Listropsoralges similis sp. n., male: A—in in dorsal view; B—in ventral view.

FIGURE 13. Listropsoralges caluromys Bochkov and Wauthy, 2009, male in dorsal view.

FIGURE 14. Listropsoralges caluromys Bochkov and Wauthy, 2009, male in ventral view.

FIGURE 15. Listropsoralges thylamys sp. n., male: A—dorsal view; B—ventral view; C—tarsus and tibia III in ventral view; D—same, IV. Scale bars: A, B = 50 µm, C, D = 25 µm.

FIGURE 22. Listropsoralges faini Bochkov and Wauthy, 2009, male in dorsal view.

FIGURE 23. Listropsoralges faini Bochkov and Wauthy, 2009, male in ventral view.

FIGURE 25. Listropsoralges monodelphis Fain, 1965, male in dorsal view.

FIGURE 26. Listropsoralges monodelphis Fain, 1965, male in ventral view.

FIGURE 28. Listropsoralges vossi sp. n., male in dorsal view.

FIGURE 29. Listropsoralges vossi sp. n., male in ventral view.