Melissotydeus, Andre, 1985

Da-Costa, Tairis, Rodighero, Luana Fabrina, Silva, Guilherme Liberato Da, Ferla, Noeli Juarez & Blochtein, Betina, 2019, Two new species of Tydeidae (Acari: Prostigmata) associated with stingless bees, Zootaxa 4652 (1), pp. 101-112 : 109

Key to adult Melissotydeus females of the world

(Based on Kaźmierski, 1998 and Silva et al., 2016).

1 Ornamentation type Paralorryia ; dorsal idiosomal setae very long and distinctly serrated.......... M. incarum Kaźmierski

- Ornamentation type Tydeus ; dorsal idiosomal setae short and distinctly serrated.................................... 2

2 Setae bo plumose; palp tarsus eupathidium ρζ rod-like; prodorsum not reticulated................. M. macrosolenus André

- Setae bo serrated; palp tarsus eupathidium ρζ semilunar distally; prodorsum reticulated.................................................................................................... M. bipunctata sp. nov. Da-Costa et al.