Aculus Keifer
Creators: name: Xue, Xiao-Feng
name: Song, Zi-Wei
name: Hong, Xiao-Yue
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Prostigmata
Eriophyidae
Aculus

description: Key to the species of Aculus Keifer from China
1 Dorsal annuli smooth...................................................................................................................................2
- Dorsal annuli with microtubercles.............................................................................................................15
2 Ventral annuli smooth ............................................................................ Aculus shaoxingensis Kuang, 1998
- Ventral annuli with microtubercles..............................................................................................................3
3 Coxal plates smooth.....................................................................................................................................4
- Coxal plates with granules or short lines .....................................................................................................8
4 Prodorsal shield smooth ................................................................... Aculus huangzhongensis Kuang, 2000
- Prodorsal shield ornamented........................................................................................................................5
5 Setae h1 absent ................................................................................. Aculus ablopurpurascus Huang, 2001
- Setae h1 present ...........................................................................................................................................6
6 Median line absent ........................................................................ Aculus mansoni Amrine & Stasny, 1994
- Median line present......................................................................................................................................7
7 Submedian lines present .................................................................................. Aculus toxicodendri sp. nov.
- Submedian lines absent ................................................................................. Aculus cayratiae Kuang, 1987
8 Prodorsal shield smooth .................................................................... Aculus gladitsiae Kuang & Luo, 2005
- Prodorsal shield ornamented........................................................................................................................9
9 Coxal plates with granules.........................................................................................................................10
- Coxal plates with short lines......................................................................................................................12
10 Median and admedian lines connected ................................................................... Aculus rumexis sp. nov.
- Median and admedian lines separate .........................................................................................................11
11 Submedian lines present ......................................................................................... Aculus cuihuae sp. nov.
- Submedian lines absent ........................................................................ Aculus meliae Kuang & Zhuo, 1989
12 Median line absent .......................................................................... Aculus guilinensis Kuang & Luo, 2005
- Median line present....................................................................................................................................13
13 Median and admedian lines connected ......................................................................................................14
- Median and admedian lines separate ............................................................. Aculus pistaciae Kuang, 1998
14 Prodorsal shield with numerous granules laterally, empodium 7-rayed ...... Aculus bambusae Kuang, 1991
- Prodorsal shield without granules, empodium 5-rayed ....... Aculus broussonetiae Lin, Jin & Kuang, 1997
15 Coxal plates smooth...................................................................................................................................16
- Coxal plates with granules or short lines ...................................................................................................19
16 Setae h1 absent ..........................................................................................................................................17
- Setae h1 present .........................................................................................................................................18
17 Dorsal annuli with round microtubercles, ventral annuli with spiny microtubercles.................................... ...................................................................................................... Aculus longanensis Wei & Kuang, 1997
- Dorsal annuli with filament-like microtubercles, ventral annuli with round microtubercles........................ .................................................................................................. Aculus sargentodoxae Wei & Kuang, 1997
18 Median and admedian lines absent ............................................................................. Aculus asteri sp. nov.
- Median and admedian lines present ........................................ Aculus fockeui (Nalepa & Trouessart), 1891
19 Setae h1 absent ........................................................................ Aculus macrocarpae Huang & Wang, 2004
- Setae h1 present .........................................................................................................................................20
20 Median line absent.....................................................................................................................................21
- Median line present....................................................................................................................................24
21 Prodorsal shield with lateral lobes ........................................................... Aculus populi Xue & Hong, 2005
- Prodorsal shield without lateral lobes........................................................................................................22
22 Femur and genu with granules ............................................................................... Aculus amurens sp. nov.
- Femur and genu smooth.............................................................................................................................23
23 Submedian lines presen .............................................................................. Aculus daibuensis Huang, 2001
- Submedian lines absent ........................................................................................... Aculus jingbois sp. nov.
24 Median and admedian lines separate .........................................................................................................25
- Median and admedian lines connected ......................................................................................................28
25 Submedian lines present ............................................................................................................................26
- Submedian lines absent..............................................................................................................................27
26 Prodorsal shield lobe with spines, solenidion knobbed ................. Aculus parafockeui Liu & Kuang, 1998
- Prodorsal shield lobe without spines, solenidion not knobbed .......... Aculus huixiansis Xue & Hong, 2005
27 Prodorsal shield with granules, empodium 5-rayed .............................................. Aculus eupteleae sp. nov.
- Prodorsal shield without granules, empodium 7-rayed ................... Aculus coggygriae Xue & Hong, 2005
28 Female genital coverflap smooth ......................................................... Aculus persicae Xue & Hong, 2005
- Female genital coverflap with longitudinal ridges ....................................................................................29
29 Empodium 5- to 6-rayed............................................................................................................................30
- Empodium 4-rayed ....................................................................................................................................31
30 Median line complete, dorsal annuli with filament-like microtubercles laterally ......................................... .............................................................................................................. Aculus shanghaiensis Kuang, 1997
- Median line incomplete, dorsal annuli with elliptical microtubercles ................ Aculus changbais sp. nov.
31 Ventral annuli with spiny microtubercles ..................................................................................................32
- Ventral annuli with round microtubercles..................................................................................................34
32 Dorsal annuli with spiny microtubercles .............................................. Aculus niphlocladae (Keifer), 1966
- Dorsal annuli with round microtubercles...................................................................................................33
33 Prodorsal shield lobe with spines anteriorly .............................. Aculus leonuri Kuang, Luo & Wang, 2005
- Prodorsal shield lobe without spines ................................................. Aculus altissimae Xue & Hong, 2005
34 Prodorsal shield with granules laterally ............................................. Aculus schlechtendali (Nalepa), 1890
- Prodorsal shield without granules..............................................................................................................35
35 Admedian and submedian lines separate ............................................... Aculus salicis Kuang & Luo, 1997
- Admedian and submedian lines connected................................................................................................36
36 Coxal plates with short lines .......................................................................... Aculus ligustri (Keifer), 1938
- Coxal plates with granules.........................................................................................................................37
37 Shield design with a distinctive network ................................................ Aculus tetanothrix (Nalepa), 1889
- Median and admedian lines connected at basal 1/3, admedian and submedian lines connected by a trans- verse line at basal 2/3 ......................................................................... Aculus amygdale Xue & Hong, 2005
description: Published as part of Xue, Xiao-Feng, Song, Zi-Wei & Hong, Xiao-Yue, 2008, Eight new species of the genus Aculus Keifer (Acari: Eriophyidae) from China, pp. 35-52 in Zootaxa 1721 on pages 36-37, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.181121