Diptilomiopus
Creators: name: Wang, Guo-Quan
name: Wei, Sui-Gai
name: Yang, Ding
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Prostigmata
Diptilomiopidae
Diptilomiopus

description: Key to the species of Diptilomiopus from China
1. Prodorsal shield tubercles present................................................................................................................................. 2
- Prodorsal shield tubercles absent................................................................................................................................ 15
2. Tarsal solenidion tapered .............................................................................................................................................. 3
- Tarsal solenidion knobbed ............................................................................................................................................ 4
3. Prodorsal shield with 2 cell rows..................................................... Diptilomiopus japonicus (Kuang and Luo, 2005)
- Prodorsal shield with 3 cell rows............................................................. Diptilomiopus averrhoae Wei & Feng, 1999
4. Dorsal annuli with microtubercles................................................................................................................................ 5
- Dorsal annuli smooth .................................................................................................................................................... 7
5. Empodium 6-rayed ....................................................................................................................................................... 6
- Empodium 9-rayed ........................................................................................... Diptilomiopus loropetali Kuang, 1986
6. Coxae with lines........................................................................................... Diptilomiopus malloti Wei & Feng, 1999
- Coxae smooth ........................................................................................... Diptilomiopus decem Huang & Wang, 2009
7. Coxae smooth ............................................................................................................................................................... 8
- Coxae with granules or lines....................................................................................................................................... 10
8. Accessory setae absent ................................................................... Diptilomiopus acronychia Chen, Wei & Qin, 2004
- Accessory setae present ................................................................................................................................................ 9
9. Empodium 9-rayed .............................................................................. Diptilomiopus euryae Chen, Wei & Qin, 2003
- Empodium 7-rayed ............................................................................................ Diptilomiopus cumingis Huang, 2001
10. Female coverflap smooth...................................................................................... Diptilomiopus elliptus Huang, 2001
- Female coverflap with granules or lines..................................................................................................................... 11
11. Accessory setae absent...................................................................... Diptilomiopus camarae Mohanasundaram, 1981
- Accessory setae present .............................................................................................................................................. 12
12. Empodium 8-rayed ............................................................................................. Diptilomiopus illicii Wei & Lu, 2001
- Empodium 7-rayed. .................................................................................................................................................... 13
13. Prodorsal shield with median line complete ...................................................... Diptilomiopus ternstroemiae sp. nov.
- Prodorsal shield with median line incomplete............................................................................................................ 14
14. Prodorsal shield with 11 cells; dorsal annuli 48, ventral annuli 61 ................. Diptilomiopus octogonus Huang, 2001
- Prodorsal shield with 18 cells; dorsal annuli 79, ventral annuli 92. ................ Diptilomiopus commuiae Huang, 2001
15. Dorsal opisthosoma with wax............................................................................ Diptilomiopus candidus Huang, 2009
- Dorsal opisthosoma without wax................................................................................................................................ 16
16. Coxae smooth ............................................................................................................................................................. 17
- Coxae with granules or lines....................................................................................................................................... 24
17. Accessory setae present. ............................................................................................................................................. 18
- Accessory setae absent................................................................................................................................................ 20
18. Female coverflap with transverse ridges ...................................................... Diptilomiopus championi (Huang, 1992)
- Female coverflap smooth............................................................................................................................................ 19
19. Empodium 5-rayed. ........................................................................................... Diptilomiopus perfectus Huang, 2001
- Empodium 8-rayed ......................................................................................... Diptilomiopus hexogonus Huang, 2001
20. Empodium 4-rayed ........................................................................................... Diptilomiopus lobbianus Huang, 2005
- Empodium more than 4-rayed .................................................................................................................................... 21
21. Dorsal annuli with rounded microtubercles............................................................. Diptilomiopus morii Huang, 2001
- Dorsal annuli smooth .................................................................................................................................................. 22
22. Prodorsal shield design median line discontinuous, from basal 1/3 to middle and from basal 2/3 to apex, with a row of 12 cells along anterolateral shield margin, median 5 cells and rear 2 cells..................................................... Diptilo- miopus cuminis Chakrabarti, Ghosh & Das, 1992
description: Published as part of Wang, Guo-Quan, Wei, Sui-Gai & Yang, Ding, 2009, Five new species of the genus Diptilomiopus Nalepa, 1916 from China (Acari: Diptilomiopidae: Diptilomiopinae), pp. 53-64 in Zootaxa 2107 on page 54, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.187783