Validation of the status of a species with high CO 1 and low nuclear genetic divergences: the scab mite Caparinia ictonyctis stat. res. (Acariformes: Psoroptidae) parasitizing the African hedgehog Atelerix albiventris
Author
Bochkov, Andre V.
Author
Klimov, Pavel B.
Author
Kim, Da-Hee
Author
Skoracki, Maciej
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-01-15
4544
4
523
547
journal article
27657
10.11646/zootaxa.4544.4.4
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1175-5326
2618505
3739EAED-83E4-4B3C-A81A-E2120DDAA85C
Key to species of the genus
Caparinia
Canestrini, 1894
*
Males
1. Coxal fields I closed. Legs III 1.3–1.5 times longer than legs IV. Setae
h2
longer than 400 µm......................... 2
- Coxal fields I opened posteriorly. Legs III about 1.7 times longer than legs IV. Setae
h2
shorter than 300 µm...............................................................................................
C. lophiomys
Fain, 1975
2. Distal ends of adanal shields widely separated from each other.................................................. 4
- Distal ends of adanal shields almost fused to each other....................................................... 3
3. Coxal fields III completely closed.................................................
C. ictonyctis
Lawrence, 1955
- Coxal fields III semienclosed........................................................
C. tripilis
(
Michael, 1889
)
4. Adanal shields widely rounded........................................................................... 5
- Adanal shields almost straight and subparallel, bracket-shaped.............................
C. setifera
(
Mégnin, 1880
)
5. Setae
f2
shorter than 50 µm.............................................................
C. erinacei
Fain, 1962
- Setae
f2
longer than 90 µm.....................................................
C. algirus
Fain and Portus, 1979