Neoseiulus Hughes

Döker, İsmail, Kazak, Cengiz & Karut, Kamil, 2015, A new species and two new records of the family Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Turkey, Zootaxa 3918 (3), pp. 439-445 : 444

Key to the Turkish species of Neoseiulus Hughes

*According to Abo-Shnaf & Moraes (2014), Neoseiulus sharonensis (Rivnay & Swirski) is senior synonym of N. knappi Zannou, Moraes, Ueckermann & Oliveira according to Abo-Shnaf & Moraes (2014).

1. Seta Z 4 longer than seta Z 5 ....................................................... N. ornatus (Athias-Henriot)

- Seta Z 4 shorter than seta Z 5 ............................................................................ 2

2. Spermatheca with atrium forked at juncture with major duct, or atrium appearing thick-walled, vacuolated............. 3

- Spermatheca with atrium neither forked at juncture with major duct nor appearing thick-walled, vacuolated............. 8

3. Genu II with eight setae................................................................................ 4

- Genu II with seven setae............................................................................... 5

4. Atrium connected to calyx with a long neck........................ N. neomarginatus Stathakis, Kapaxidi & Papadoulis

- Atrium connected to calyx with a very short neck.................................. N. sekeroglui Döker & Stathakis

5. Seta Z 5 shorter than 40 µm................................................................ N. agrestis (Karg)

- Seta Z 5 longer than 40 µm............................................................................. 6

6. Atrium directly connected to calyx without a neck; distance between pre-anal solenostomes 1 / 3 distance between setae JV 2 ....................................................................................... N. barkeri Hughes

- Atrium connected to calyx with a neck; distance between pre-anal solenostomes more than half the distance between setae JV 2 .................................................................................................... 7

7. Dorsal shield reticulated; calyx longer, about 2 / 3 length of calyx plus neck plus atrium............. N. alpinus (Schweizer)

- Dorsal shield smooth with anterolateral striae; calyx shorter, about 1 / 2 length of calyx plus neck plus atrium.............................................................................................. N. marginatus (Wainstein)

8. Movable digit of chelicera smooth........................................................ N. zwoelferi (Dosse)

- Movable digit of chelicera with teeth..................................................................... 9

9. Movable digit of chelicera with more than one tooth........................................................ 10

- Movable digit of chelicera with only one tooth............................................................ 12

10. Movable digit of chelicera with two teeth................................................. N. umbraticus (Chant)

- Movable digit of chelicera with three teeth................................................................ 11

11. Both setae r 1 and R 3 longer than 40 µm................................ Neoseiulus sharonensis (Rivnay & Swirski) *

- Both setae r 1 and R 3 shorter than 40 µm............................................. N. californicus (McGregor)

12. Spermatheca with a short neck between calyx and atrium................................... N. bicaudus (Wainstein)

- Spermatheca without a neck between calyx and atrium..................................................... 13

13. Macroseta of basitarsus IV longer than the distance between its base and the dorsal slit organ.... N. cucumeris (Oudemans)

- Macroseta of basitarsus IV shorter than the distance between its base and the dorsal slit organ....................... 14

14. Seta S 2 subequal to Z 4; seta S 2 reaches the insertion of S 4; calyx of spermatheca short, L:W 1: 1 ..................................................................................................... N. insularis (Athias-Henriot)

- Seta S 2 shorter than Z 4; seta S 2 not reaches the insertion of S 4; calyx of spermatheca longer, L:W> 3: 1 .................................................................................................... N. astutus (Beglyarov)