Picobiinae, Johnston and Kethley., 1973

Skoracki, Maciej, Sikora, Bozena & Spicer, Greg S., 2016, A review of the subfamily Picobiinae Johnston and Kethley, 1973 (Acariformes: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae), Zootaxa 4113 (1), pp. 1-95 : 6-7

Key to genera of the subfamily Picobiinae

(Females)

1. Opisthosomal lobes present......................................................... Calamincola Casto, 1978

- Opisthosomal lobes absent.............................................................................. 2

2. Solenidion phi () on tibia I absent......................................................................... 3

- Solenidion phi () on tibia I present........................................................................ 6

3. Two pairs of pseudanal setae (ps1, ps2) present.............................................................. 4

- Single pair of pseudanal setae (ps1) present................................................................. 5

4. Genital setae absent............................................................... Neopicobia Skoracki, 2011

- Single pair of genital setae (g1) present.............................................. Rafapicobia Skoracki, 2011

5. Genital setae absent...................................... Charadriineopicobia Skoracki, Spicer and OConnor, 2014

- Single pair of genital setae present.......................................... Pipicobia Glowska and Schmidt, 2014

6. Genital series represent by 1–2 pairs of setae............................................................... 7

- Genital setae absent................................................................................... 10

7. Two pairs of genital setae present. Pseudanal setae absent...................... Phipicobia Glowska and Schmidt, 2014

- One pair of genital setae present. Pseudanal setal series represented by 2 pairs.................................... 8

8. Setae vi and ve situated at same transverse level or setae vi situated posterior to ve.................. Picobia Haller, 1878

- Setae vi situated anterior to ve .......................................................................... 9

9. Propodonotal shield entire. Pygidial shield present...................... Lawrencipicobia Skoracki and Hromada, 2013

- Propodonotal shield represented by two narrow sclerites with or without central part. Pygidial shield absent............................................................................... Columbiphilus Kivganov and Sharafat, 1995

10. Setae vi situated anterior to ve. Hypostomal apex with shoulders. Thorn-like protuberances on apodemes I absent.......................................................................... Gunabopicobia Skoracki and Hromada, 2013

- Setae vi situated posterior to ve. Hypostomal apex rounded. Thorn-like protuberances on apodemes I present Pseudopicobia Skoracki, Scibek and Sikora, 2012