Abrolophus, Berlese, 1891

Noei, Javad, 2022, A new species of larval Abrolophus (Trombidiformes: Erythraeidae) from Iran with a key to species without a comb-like seta on the palptarsus, Persian Journal of Acarology 11 (2), pp. 225-236 : 231

Key to the larval species of Abrolophus without a comb-like seta on the palpal tarsus

(excluding A. gracilentus , A. nivalis , A. parvus and A. willmanni because of incomplete description)

1. Palpal femur with projection............................................................................................................ 2

– Palpal femur without projection ....................................................................................................... 3

2. AL 33–41, PL 30–36, ASens 20–25 ............................................................................ A. kazimierae

– AL 55–71, PL 45–65, ASens 33–50 ............................................................................. A. balkanicus

3. fD ~126, W 122, PW 110 ........................................................................................... A. yanlingicus

–fD <78, W <84, PW <80................................................................................................................. 4 4. Scutum quadrate, TFe I with 6 setae............................................................................. A. dagmarae – Scutum not quadrate, TFe I with more than 6 setae.......................................................................... 5 5. Ge I with 8 or 9 setae ....................................................................................................................... 6 – Ge I with more than 9 setae .............................................................................................................. 7 6. Ge I with 8 setae......................................................................................................... A. sardiniensis – Ge I with 9 setae................................................................................................................... A. baardi 7. Ti I with 15 setae........................................................................................................ A. viburnicolus – Ge I with less than 15 setae............................................................................................................... 8 8. Accessory claw on plapal tibia bifurcate ......................................................................................... 9 – Accessory claw on plapal tibia entire ............................................................................................. 10 9. Scutum subquadrate, Ta I 40–44, fD 36 .................................................................. A. podorasensis – Scutum diamond shape, Ta I 50–56, fD 52–60............................................................. A. stanislavae 10. Palpal tibial claw not divergent............................................................................ A. wratislaviensis – Palpal tibial claw bifurcate or trifurcate.......................................................................................... 11 11. Scutum rectangular in outline, palpal tibial claw trifurcate (without deeply incision) ...................