Paralycus Womersley 1944
Creators: name: Oshima, Masaharu
name: Shimano, Satoshi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Pediculochelidae
Paralycus

description: An updated key to the species of the genus Paralycus based on Oshima et al. (2024)
1. Gastronotal setae d 1, e 1 and f 1 reaching the bases of setae in the next row......................................... 2
- Gastronotal setae d 1, e 1, f 1, or some of them, not reaching the bases of setae in the next row.......................... 3
2. Gastronotal seta c 1 reaching the level of seta c p......................................... P. parvulus (Price, 1973)
- Gastronotal seta c 1 not reaching the level of seta c p .................................... P. pyrigerus (Berlese, 1905)
3. Epimeral seta 4a present............................................................................... 4
- Epimeral seta 4a absent............................................................................... 10
4. Five pairs of genital setae.............................................................................. 5
- Three or four pairs of genital setae....................................................................... 6
5. Cheliceral seta cha longer than half the length of chelicera. Genu II with two setae.......... P. raulti (Lavoipierre, 1946)
- Cheliceral seta cha shorter than half the length of chelicera. Genu II with three setae..... P. longior Fan, Li & Xuan, 1996
6. Four pairs of genital setae.............................................................................. 7
- Three pairs of genital setae............................................................................. 9
7. Genu I with three setae................................. P. pricei Kolesnikov, OConnor, Ermilov & Klimov, 2023
- Genu I with four setae................................................................................. 8
8. Gastronotal seta f 1 reaching the base of h 1; epimeral seta 2a reaching the base of 1a .... P. aokii Oshima & Shimano, 2024
- Gastronotal seta f 1 not reaching the base of h 1; epimeral seta 2a not reaching the base of 1a ... P. parasiti Zhang & Li, 2001
9. Rostral setae longer than half length of chelicera; gastronotal seta f 1 reaching the base of h 1; genual setation 4-3-0-0.......................................................................... P. chongqingensis Fan, Li & Xuan, 1996
- Rostral setae shorter than half the length of chelicera; gastronotal seta f 1 not reaching the base of h 1; genual setation 4-2-0-0.............................................................................. P. lavoipierrei (Price, 1973)
10. Five pairs of genital setae.............................................. P. nortoni Xu, Zhu, Wu & Zhang, 2020
- Three or four pairs of genital setae...................................................................... 11
11. Four pairs of genital setae............................................................................. 12
- Three pairs of genital setae............................................................................ 13
12. Trochanteral setae v′ on leg III present; genu II with three setae................... P. shibai Oshima & Shimano, 2024
- Trochanteral setae v′ on leg III absent; genu II with two setae.................................... P. subiasi sp. nov.
13. Gastronotal setae f 1 not reaching bases of h 1; solenidion ω of tarsus I not widened in the middle; bases of lamellar setae le adjacent; setae f, h, p 1, and p 2 widened at bases; epimeral seta 2a reaching base of 1a .................................................................................... P. daeira Kolesnikov, OConnor, Ermilov & Klimov, 2023
- Gastronotal setae f 1 reach bases of h 1; solenidion ω of tarsus I distinctly widened in the middle; bases of lamellar setae le well separated; gastronotal setae not widened; epimeral seta 2a not reaching base of 1a .................................................................................. P. persephone Kolesnikov, OConnor, Ermilov & Klimov, 2023
description: Published as part of Oshima, Masaharu & Shimano, Satoshi, 2024, A new species of the genus Paralycus Womersley, 1944 (Acari, Oribatida, Pediculochelidae) from Shikoku-island, Japan, pp. 218-225 in Zootaxa 5556 (1) on page 224, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5556.1.16, http://zenodo.org/record/14595111