Neoapolorryia El Bagoury & Momen

Silva, Guilherme Liberato Da, Metzelthin, Maicon Henrique, Silva, Onilda Santos Da & Ferla, Noeli Juarez, 2016, Catalogue of the mite family Tydeidae (Acari: Prostigmata) with the world key to the species, Zootaxa 4135 (1), pp. 1-68 : 53-54

Key to the species of Neoapolorryia El Bagoury & Momen

1. Dorsal idiosomal setae plumose ; cheliceral stilettos slightly shorter than palptarsus; in natural position gnathosoma completely hidden under aspidosoma............................................................................... 2

- Dorsal idiosomal setae lanceolate-serrate; cheliceral stilettos slightly longer than palptarsus; in natural position gnathosoma partially visible from above.............................................................................. 3

2. Dorsal side of idiosoma with thirteen reticulate areas: A ex, A(ro)(la)(bo), A ex, A c2, A(c)1, A c2, A[c2]0[e1], A[c2]0[e1], A e1, A(d1), A e1, A(f1)(f2), A(h1)(h2).................................................... N. regia (Kuznetzov, 1973)

- Dorsal side of idiosoma with nine reticulate areas: AA, A c2, A c1, A c2, A e1, A(d1), A e1, A(f1)(f2), A(h1)(h2)................................................................................ .. N. kristinae Momen & Lundqvist, 1996

3. Palpal eupathidium (p’ζ) simple, rod-like, with rounded tip; empodial hooks (om) absent; no central swellings on A(c1) and A(d1) regions....................................................... N. aegyptiaca El Bagoury & Momen, 1990

- Palpal eupathidium (p’ζ) narrowed distally, with “T”-shaped tip; empodial hooks (om) present; central swellings at least on A(d1)...............................................................................................4

4. Cross-ties rounded, multiangular, or in shape of thick triangles; tubercles on frames of meshes of reticulum triangular, squareshaped or irregular in shape; meshes between setae c1 similar to the other meshes; reticulate areas absent lateral to setae c2; setae d and l’’ on palptarsus simple (not cleft or forked)........................ N. hellenica Panou & Emmanouel, 1997

- Cross-ties “Y”-shaped; tubercles scattered on frames of meshes in shape of thick “I” or narrow rectangles; meshes between setae c1 smaller than other meshes; small reticulate areas present lateral to setae c2; cleft seta d and forked seta l’’ on palptarsus......................................................................... N. hippocastani Kaźmierski, 1998