Abacarus Keifer
Creators: name: Wang, Zhen
name: Hong, Xiao-Yue
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Prostigmata
Eriophyidae
Abacarus

description: Key to the species of Abacarus Keifer from China
1 Coxal plates smooth.....................................................................................................................................2
- Coxal plates with granules or short lines ...................................................................................................13
2 Paraxial tibial seta (l') present......................................................................................................................3
- Paraxial tibial seta (l') absent ............................................................. Abacarus emarginatus Huang, 2001c
3 Prodorsal shield ornamented........................................................................................................................4
- Prodorsal shield smooth .......................................................... Abacarus tomentosus Huang & Wang, 2004
4 Prosternal apodeme absent...........................................................................................................................5
- Prosternal apodeme present .........................................................................................................................6
5 Accessory setae (h1) absent ..................................................................... Abacarus inversus Huang, 2001c
- Accessory setae (h1) present ................................................................... Abacarus machilus Huang, 2001c
6 Median line absent.......................................................................................................................................7
- Median line present....................................................................................................................................10
7 Submedian lines present ..............................................................................................................................8
- Submedian lines absent................................................................................................................................9
8 Frontal lobe broad and round, annuli subequal dorsoventrally ...... Abacarus yunensis Lin & Kuang, 2001
- Frontal lobe acuminate, dorsal and ventral annuli different in number......................................................... ....................................................................................................... Abacarus fujianensis Xin & Ding, 1982
9 Empodium 4-rayed, accessory setae (h1) absent ........................ Abacarus diospyris Kuang & Hong, 1989
- Empodium 6-rayed, accessory setae (h1) present .................................. Abacarus floridulus Huang, 2001b
10 Accessory setae (h1) present......................................................................................................................11
- Accessory setae (h1) absent ..................................................... Abacarus zuihoensus Huang & Wang, 2004
11 Prodorsal shield without granules..............................................................................................................12
- Prodorsal shield densely covered granules ................................ Abacarus panici Chen, Wei and Qin, 2004
12 Dorsal annuli smooth ................................................................... Abacarus virosae Li, Wei & Wang, 2006
- Dorsal annuli with microtubercles ..................................................... Abacarus similisagitta Huang, 2001c
13 Prosternal apodeme absent.........................................................................................................................14
- Prosternal apodeme present .......................................................................................................................15
14 Coxal plates with granules, prodorsal shield not anteriorly emarginated Abacarus ellipticae Huang, 2001 a
- Coxal plates with short lines, prodorsal shield anteriorly emarginated ........ Abacarus jiuhuaensis sp. nov.
15 Ventral annuli with microtubercles............................................................................................................16
- Ventral annuli smooth ............................................................ Abacarus adinandrae Wei, Li & Chen, 2004
16 Dorsal annuli with microtubercles.............................................................................................................17
- Dorsal annuli smooth.................................................................................................................................22
17 Accessory setae (h1) present......................................................................................................................18
- Accessory setae (h1) absent .................................................................... Abacarus aralioidus Huang, 2006
18 Coxal plates with granules.........................................................................................................................19
- Coxal plates with short lines......................................................................................................................20
19 Middorsal opisthosomal ridge with a central crease...................................................................................... ........................................................................... Abacarus euphoriae Keifer, 1975; Huang & Cheng, 2005
- Middorsal opisthosomal ridge without a central crease ............................ Abacarus eminens Huang, 2001c
20 Dorsal annuli covered even microtubercles................................................................................................... ................................................................... Abacarus bambusae (Channabasavanna), 1966; Huang, 2001c
- Lateral ridges with microtubercles only ....................................................................................................21
21 Median and admedian lines separate ......................................... Abacarus arunis Chen,Wei and Qin, 2004
- Median and admedian lines connected ...................................... Abacarus wuyiensis Kuang & Zhuo, 1987
22 Accessory setae (h1) present......................................................................................................................23
- Accessory setae (h1) absent ................................................................. Abacarus dimocarpi (Kuang), 1999
23 Coxal plates with short lines, middorsal opisthosomal ridge without projecting lobes ............................24
- Coxal plates with granules, middorsal opisthosomal ridge with projecting lobes ........................................ ........................................................................................................... Abacarus semicirculus Huang, 2001c
24 Prodorsal shield with granules...................................................................................................................25
- Prodorsal shield without granules .......................................... Abacarus phyllostachyis Lin & Kuang, 2001
25 Prodorsal shield lobe without small projections........................................................................................26
- Prodorsal shield lobe with small projections anteriorly ............ Abacarus oplismeni Kuang & Gong, 1996
26 Female genital coverflap with two cross lines at base, empodium 6-rayed ........ Abacarus fopingi sp. nov.
- Female genital coverflap smooth at base, empodium 7 to 8-rayed ........... Abacarus phalaris Kuang, 1997
description: Published as part of Wang, Zhen & Hong, Xiao-Yue, 2008, Four new eriophyoid mite species in the tribe Anthocoptini (Acari: Eriophyidae: Phyllocoptinae) from China, pp. 38-48 in Zootaxa 1893 on pages 39-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.184378