Notophthiracarus Ramsay 1966
Creators: name: Niedbała, Wojciech
name: Starý, Josef
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Phthiracaridae
Notophthiracarus

description: Key to species of Notophthiracarus Ramsay, 1966 of Madagascar
*Because of incomplete data on morphological details it is difficult to include in the key N. paulianus (Balogh, 1962), whose generic status is uncertain.
1. Surface of body reticulated........................... N. reticularis Niedbała & Starý, 2014 (Niedbała & Starý 2014b)
-. Surface of body punctate, foveolate or ornamented with ribs.................................................... 2
2. Surface of body ornamented with longitudinal parallel ribs resembling finger dermatoglyph.......................... 3
-. Surface of body punctate or foveolate.................................................................... 5
3. Sensilli setiform, long, thin, rough, slightly sickle-shaped; setae v’ of femora I present,,setae d forked distally.............................................................................................. N. zebrus (Balogh, 1962)
-. Sensilli long, bulbous or short with rounded head; setae v’ of femora I absent, setae d not forked...................... 4
4. Sensilli short, with rounded head; formula of genital seta: 6(4+2): 3; seta d of femora I in middle of article........................................................................ N. dactyloscopicus (Mahunka, 1978) (Mahunka 1978b)
-. Sensilli long, bulbous in proximal part and very narrow and tapering in distal part; formula of genital setae: 5: 4; setae d of femora I at distal end of article............................ N. liratus Niedbała & Starý, 2015 (Niedbała & Starý 2015c)
5. Surface of body foveolate............................................................................... 6
-. Surface of body punctate............................................................................... 23
6. Foveolae on notogaster joined with feeble lines or ordered in irregular longitudinal furrows......................... 7
-. Foveoles ordered separately............................................................................. 8
7. Foveolae on notogaster joined with feeble lines; formula of genital setae: 6: 3.......................................................................................... N. lineatus Niedbała & Starý, 2015 (Niedbała & Starý 2015c)
-. Foveoles ordered in irregular longitudinal furrows; formula of genital setae: 5: 4...... N. pseudosomalicus Mahunka, 2010
8. Sensilli needleform or baciliform, without head............................................................ 9
-. Sensilli with distinct head............................................................................. 14
9. Notogaster with 2 longitudinal dorsal carinae framing flat median field; formula of genital setae: 4: 5............................................................................................... N. bicarinatus Niedbała, 2001
-. Notogaster without cristae; another formula of genital setae................................................... 10
10. Sensilli baciliform, not sickle-shaped..................................................................... 11
-. Sensilli sickle-shaped................................................................................. 12
11. Adanal setae ad 2 situated near paraxial border; setae d on femora I bifurcated distally................................................................................... N. dispersus Niedbała & Starý, 2015 (Niedbała & Starý 2015b)
-. Adanal setae ad 2 remote from paraxial border; setae d on femora I not bifurcated distally...... N. summersi Niedbała, 2001
12. Lamellar setae vestigial; formula of genital setae: 6: 3................................... N. procerus Niedbała, 2001
-. Lamellar setae not vestigial; formula of genital setae: 5:4..................................................... 13
13. Interlamellar setae long, as long as distance ro–in; notogastral setae longer, c 1≈ c 1– d 1............. N. echinus (Balogh, 1962)
-. Interlamellar setae considerably shorter than ro–in; notogastral setae shorter, c 1/ c 1– d 1=0.6........ N. parapaulianus sp. nov.
14. Notogaster with 2 dorsal, longitudinal cristae, framed flat field; prodorsum with crested prominent median crista......................................................... N. quasisimilis Niedbała & Starý, 2015 (Niedbała & Starý, 2015c)
-. Notogaster without dorsal cristae; prodorsum without crista or if exist is not crested............................... 15
15. Adanal setae ad 2 remote anteriorly close to ad 3 setae.................................. N. inusitatus Mahunka, 2010
-. Adanal setae ad 2 situated at level of anal setae.............................................................. 16
16. Notogaster setae minute (c 1<1/4 c 1– d 1); all setae of ano-adanal plate minute................... N. rafalskii Niedbała, 1997
-. Notogaster setae longer, at least c 1=1/2 c 1– d 1); at least anal setae long........................................... 17
17. Anal setae long, all adanal setae minute......................................... N. parareductus (Mahunka, 1992)
-. Anal setae at least slightly shorter than adanal setae ad 1 and ad 2................................................ 18
18. Adanal setae ad 2 thick, obtuse and bent distally........................................... N. similis Niedbała, 2001
-. Adanal setae ad 2 pointed and not bent distally............................................................. 19
19. Setae in and le very short, needle-like, similar in length.. N. pandanensis Niedbała & Starý, 2014 (Niedbała & Starý 2014b)
-. Setae in thick, stout, considerably longer than setae le ...................................................... 20
20. Three pairs of lyrifissures ia, im, ip present; formula of genital setae: 6: 3.............. N. malagasensis (Mahunka, 2010)
-. Two pairs of lyrifissures ia, im present; formula of genital setae: 5: 4............................................ 21
21. Head of sensilli with 4 spines; lamellar setae not minute or vestigial; curved setae d of femora I........................
............................................. N. quasisomalicus Niedbała & Starý, 2014 (Niedbała & Starý 2014b) -. Head of sensilli smooth or covered with some small spines; lamellar setae minute or vestigial; setae d of femora I straight 22 22. Lamellar setae minute; notogastral setae short (c 1<c 1– d 1); setae d of femora I slightly remote from distal end of article......
.......................................................................... N. parasomalicus Niedbała, 2001 -. Lamellar setae vestigial; notogastral setae relatively long (c 1> c 1– d 1); setae d of femora I at distal end....................
.......................................................................... N. parasummersi Niedbała, 2001 23. Interlamellar setae erect and as notogastral setae with hooked distal ends.......... N. clavifer comb. nov. (Mahunka, 1988)* -. Interlamellar setae procumbent and as notogastral setae without hooked distal ends................................ 24 24. Bothridia covered by small, triangular scales; sensilli with longer pedicel than rounded head; setae in and le spiniform......
.............................................................................. N. puylaerti Niedbała, 2001 -. Bothridia without scales; other shape of sensilli; setae in and le filiform or rigid and rough......................... 25 25. Setae in and le setae rigid, semi-erect, rough, all notogastral setae similar in length and shape; 2 pairs of lyrifissures ia and im
present.......................................................................... N. parilloi Niedbała, 2001 -. Setae in and le setae filiform, attenuate, procumbent; notogastral setae different in length and shape; 4 pairs of lyrifissures ia,
im, ip and ips present.................................................................................. 26 26. Sensilli club-like, rounded distally; ro–ro>1/ 2 in –in......... N. obliquus Niedbała & Starý, 2015 (Niedbała & Starý 2015c) -. Sensilli with pointed tip; ro–ro <1/ 4 in –in................................................................. 27 27. Majority of notogastral setae minute; h> h–h; setae ad 2 lateral and anterior of anal setae...............................
.................................................... N. micidus Niedbała & Starý, 2015 (Niedbała & Starý 2015c) -. Only 5 pairs of notogastral setae minute; h <h–h; setae ad 2 lateral and between levels of anal setae......................
............................................... N. andasibensis Niedbała & Starý, 2014 (Niedbała & Starý 2014b) *described as Phthiracarus but clearly belongs to the Notophthiracarus by the arrangement of genital setae
description: Published as part of Niedbała, Wojciech & Starý, Josef, 2016, New and little known species of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Madagascar, pp. 587-599 in Zootaxa 4103 (6) on pages 596-597, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4103.6.8, http://zenodo.org/record/255911