Microtrombidiidae
Creators: name: Sedghi, Ali
name: Saboori, Alireza
name: Akrami, Mohammad Ali
name: Hakimitabar, Masoud
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Prostigmata
Microtrombidiidae

description: Key to the genera of Microtrombidiidae of the world (larvae) with three dorsal scuta
1. Coxal setal formula 2-1-1 ............................................................................................................................................. 2
- Coxal setal formula 2-2-1 ............................................................................................................................................. 5
2. Dorsal scutum longitudinally striate ............................................................................................................................. 3
- Dorsal scutum porose, not longitudinally striate .......................................................................................................... 4
3. Dorsal scutum with many fine, contiguous, longitudinal striations. Tarsal claws 3, 3, 3 (dissimilar) ........................... ........................................................................................................................................... Shibadania Southcott, 1994 - Dorsal scutum with few, coarse, scattered longitudinal striations. Tarsal claws 2, 2, 3 (dissimilar).............................. ........................................................................................................................................ Workandella Southcott, 1994
4. Scutellum I with four setae .........................................................................................Cercothrombium Methlagl, 1927
- Scutellum I with two setae ............................................................................................ Crinitrombium Southcott, 1994
5. Tarsal claws 3, 3, 3 (similar), posterior margin of subcapitulum truncate, scutum with tear-like chitinous bars .......... .................................................................................................................................... Keramotrombium Bruyant, 1912
- Tarsal claws 3, 3, 3 (dissimilar), scutum without tear-like chitinous bars.................................................................... 6
6. Ge I & Ti I with 4 solenidia, Ti II & III with 5 normal setae .......................................... Persianthrombium gen. nov.
- Ge I & Ti I with 2 solenidia, Ti II with 6 normal setae ................................................................................................ 7
7. Ti III with 6 normal setae, posterior margin of subcapitulum concave ...... Montenegtrombium Saboori & Pešiċ, 2006
- Ti III with 5 normal setae, posterior margin of subcapitulum truncate ..................... Porttrombidium Haitlinger, 2000
description: Published as part of Sedghi, Ali, Saboori, Alireza, Akrami, Mohammad Ali & Hakimitabar, Masoud, 2010, A new genus and species of larval mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Microtrombidiidae) from Iran, pp. 61-68 in Zootaxa 2504 on pages 66-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2504.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/195878