Epicrius
Creators: name: Án, Peter Ma Ò
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Epicriidae
Epicrius

description: Key to adults of the genus Epicrius recorded in Slovakia
1. Dorsocentral setae of medial row almost uniform and subequal in length; male opisthogaster with separate ventral shield bearing two pairs of ventral setae, or with ventrianal shield bearing two pairs of pre-anal setae.............................................................................................................................................................2
- Dorsocentral setae of medial row conspicuously heterogeneous in thickness and length; male without ventral shield in opisthogaster, anal shield free and with at most one pair of pre-anal setae, or completely fused to dorsal shield overlapping ventrally................................................................................................4
2. Hypertrophied glandular structure and dorsal seta S3 not separated by the transversal rows of sculptural nodules; male ventral shield absent; male with ventrianal shield bearing two pairs of pre-anal setae ......... ................................................................................................................ Epicrius sophiae Bregetova, 1977
- Hypertrophied glandular structure and dorsal seta S3 separated by the transversal rows of nodules; male ventral shield well developed, with two pairs of ventral setae; male with anal shield bearing one pair of pre-anal setae...............................................................................................................................................3
3. Ventral shields and opisthogastric cuticle densely granulated on surface; male ventral shield small and narrower than posterior margin of sternogenital shield ....................... Epicrius monticola Bregetova, 1977
- Ventral shields and opisthogastric cuticle smooth on surface; male ventral shield large and wider than posterior margin of sternogenital shield ...................................................... Epicrius tauricus Bregetova, 1977
4. Podonotal setae j2 well developed, longer or subequal to vertical setae j1.................................................5
- Podonotal setae j2 strongly reduced in length, markedly shorter than vertical setae j1..............................6
5. Opisthonotal setae J3 one of the longest dorsocentral setae, several times longer than J2; sternal shield with two pairs of setae ................................................................................. Epicrius mollis (Kramer, 1876)
- Opisthonotal setae J3 one of the shortest dorsocentral setae, subequal with J2; sternal shield with three pairs of setae ........................................................................................................... Epicrius simoni sp. nov.
6. Podonotal setae j4 and j5 not strongly elongated, subequal in length or j4 slightly shorter than j5; opisthogastric cuticle with one pair of ventral setae .............................................. Epicrius bureschi Balogh, 1958
- Podonotal setae j4 one of the longest dorsocentral setae, several times longer than j5; opisthogastric cuticle with three pairs of ventral setae.............................................................................................................7
7. Dorsolateral setae z6, Z2, and S3 longer and distinctly exceeding beyond the area enclosed by sculptural nodules; setae z6, Z2, and S3 longer than j2, j3, and j5; male anal shield free ............................................. ................................................................................................. Epicrius schusteri Błaszak & Alberti, 1989
- Dorsolateral setae z6, Z2, and S3 shorter and never exceeding beyond the area enclosed by sculptural nodules; setae z6, Z2, S3, j2, and j3 shorter than j5; male anal shield fused to dorsal shield overlapping ventrally ................................................................................................................. Epicrius resinae Karg, 1971
description: Published as part of Án, Peter Ma Ò, 2008, The family Epicriidae in Slovakia: annotated faunal synopsis and description of a new species of Epicrius (Acari, Mesostigmata, Epicriidae), pp. 48-68 in Zootaxa 1880 on page 64, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.184190