Picobiinae Johnston and Kethley. 1973
Creators: name: Skoracki, Maciej
name: Sikora, Bozena
name: Spicer, Greg S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Syringophilidae

description: Key to genera of the subfamily Picobiinae
(Females)
1. Opisthosomal lobes present......................................................... Calamincola Casto, 1978
- Opisthosomal lobes absent.............................................................................. 2
2. Solenidion phi () on tibia I absent......................................................................... 3
- Solenidion phi () on tibia I present........................................................................ 6
3. Two pairs of pseudanal setae (ps1, ps2) present.............................................................. 4
- Single pair of pseudanal setae (ps1) present................................................................. 5
4. Genital setae absent............................................................... Neopicobia Skoracki, 2011
- Single pair of genital setae (g1) present.............................................. Rafapicobia Skoracki, 2011
5. Genital setae absent...................................... Charadriineopicobia Skoracki, Spicer and OConnor, 2014
- Single pair of genital setae present.......................................... Pipicobia Glowska and Schmidt, 2014
6. Genital series represent by 1–2 pairs of setae............................................................... 7
- Genital setae absent................................................................................... 10
7. Two pairs of genital setae present. Pseudanal setae absent...................... Phipicobia Glowska and Schmidt, 2014
- One pair of genital setae present. Pseudanal setal series represented by 2 pairs.................................... 8
8. Setae vi and ve situated at same transverse level or setae vi situated posterior to ve.................. Picobia Haller, 1878
- Setae vi situated anterior to ve .......................................................................... 9
9. Propodonotal shield entire. Pygidial shield present...................... Lawrencipicobia Skoracki and Hromada, 2013
- Propodonotal shield represented by two narrow sclerites with or without central part. Pygidial shield absent............................................................................... Columbiphilus Kivganov and Sharafat, 1995
10. Setae vi situated anterior to ve. Hypostomal apex with shoulders. Thorn-like protuberances on apodemes I absent.......................................................................... Gunabopicobia Skoracki and Hromada, 2013
- Setae vi situated posterior to ve. Hypostomal apex rounded. Thorn-like protuberances on apodemes I present Pseudopicobia Skoracki, Scibek and Sikora, 2012
description: Published as part of Skoracki, Maciej, Sikora, Bozena & Spicer, Greg S., 2016, A review of the subfamily Picobiinae Johnston and Kethley, 1973 (Acariformes: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae), pp. 1-95 in Zootaxa 4113 (1) on pages 6-7, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4113.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/271508