Damaeus
Creators: name: Xie, Lixia
name: Yang, Maofa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Damaeidae
Damaeus

description: Key to species of Damaeus (Tectodamaeus)
1 Spinae adnatae present................................................................................. 2
- Spinae adnatae absent.................................................................................. 3
2 Anal aperture wrapped by numerous cycloidal sculpturing, spinae adnatae large and hooked.............................................................................................. Damaeus (Tectodamaeus) cordatus sp. nov.
- Anal aperture not wrapped by numerous cycloidal sculpturing; notogastral setae rather long, flagellate, curling.................................................................... Damaeus (Tectodamaeus) longus Xie & Yang comb. nov.
3 Tubercle Sp slightly acute at tip, peach-shaped................................... Damaeus (Tectodamaeus) brevisetus
- Tubercle Sp rectangular, triangle or anvil-shaped............................................................. 4
4 Tubercle Sp triangular; Seta d on femora of legs sturdy............................... Damaeus (Tectodamaeus) yaoi
- Tubercle Sp rectangular or anvil-shaped.................................................................... 5
5 The length of notogastral setae short; Propodolateral apophysis (P) bowl-like............. .. Damaeus (Tectodamaeus) cuii
- The length of notogastral setae not short................................................................... 6
6 Propodolateral apophysis (P) horn-shaped................................... Damaeus (Tectodamaeus) wulongensis
- Propodolateral apophysis (P) not horn-shaped............................................................... 7
7 With large spinuous tubercles present on femora I, II and trochanter III................ Damaeus (Tectodamaeus) spiniger
- Without large spinuous tubercles present on femora I, II and trochanter III......................................... 8
8 Tubercle Sa strongly developed; Length of tubercle Sa greater than Sp................. Damaeus (Tectodamaeus) exsertus
- Length of tubercle Sp greater than Sa ...................................................................... 9
9 Propodolateral apophysis (P) furcated at the tip, with a pair of tubercles on dorsum of acetabulum I.............................................................................................. Damaeus (Tectodamaeus) furcatus
- Propodolateral apophysis (P) not furcated at the tip.......................................................... 10
10 Tubercle Sp somewhat anvil-shaped........................................ Damaeus (Tectodamaeus) exspinosus
- Tubercle Sp rectangular at base......................................................................... 11
11 Notogastral setae roughened with dense warts and distal half finely barbed, c 1 directed anteriad............................................................................. Damaeus (Tectodamaeus) daliensis Xie & Yang, comb. nov.
- Notogastral setae thick, smooth; markedly developed distal appendage on trochantera of legs III– IV............................................................................................. Damaeus (Tectodamaeus) armatus
description: Published as part of Xie, Lixia & Yang, Maofa, 2010, Notes on the subgenus Tectodamaeus (Acari: Oribatida: Damaeidae), with the description of a new species from China, pp. 56-62 in Zootaxa 2727 on page 57, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.200065