Amblypalpus
Creators: name: Farzan, Sadegh
name: Asadi, Mahdieh
name: Ueckermann, Edward A.
name: Seeman, Owen D.
name: Beard, Jennifer J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Prostigmata
Tenuipalpidae
Amblypalpus

description: Key to brevipalpine genera and species of Amblypalpus
These taxa typically share: body with the posterior margin of the propodosoma as wide as anterior margin of hysterosoma, the latter tapering slightly posteriorly; a broad flat anterior prodorsal projection (rostral shield, absent in A. thymus); ventral plate present (weakly developed or absent in Amblypalpus, Priscapalpus, Terminalichus); a three or four segmented palp (two segmented in Priscapalpus); and dorsosublateral setae absent (except c2 present in Cenopalpus) (Mesa et al. 2009).
1. Ventral and genital shields distinct, separate, often sculptured; dorsal cuticle typically highly reticulate.................. 2
- Ventral and genital shields not distinct, sometimes fused; never both shields sculptured (genital shield sometimes weakly sculptured), ventral shield striate or smooth; dorsal cuticle not reticulate, either striate or tuberculate.................... 3
2. Seta c2 present; solenidia on tarsi I–II long and slender............................................... Cenopalpus
- Seta c2 absent; solenidia on tarsi I–II usually short.................................................. Brevipalpus
3. Setae c1, d1, e1 absent...................................................................... Terminalichus
- Setae d1 present, at least one of setae c1 and e1 present....................................................... 4
4. Dorsal cuticle heavily sculptured, tuberculate; palps 2-segmented, palp tarsus with 2 distal phaneres and 1 dorsal seta; anal plates well defined setae ps1 inserted on tubercle, and ps setae arranged transversely; empodia claw-like...... Priscapalpus
- Dorsal cuticle reticulate or striate; palps 3-segmented, palp tarsus with 1–2 phaneres; anal plates weakly developed, setae ps1 not inserted on tubercle, ps setae arranged longitudinally; empodia pad-like.......................... Amblypalpus … 5
5. Prodorsum without anterior projection (= rostral shield absent); 2 pairs of 4a setae; genital setae arranged longitudinally................................................................................ Amblypalpus iraniensis sp. nov.
- Prodorsum with anterior projection (= rostral shield present); one or two pairs of 4a setae; genital setae arranged transversely.................................................................................................... 6
6. Some dorsal setae much longer than others; palp tarsus with two phaneres; seta c1 present............................ 7
- All dorsal setae short, subequal in length; palp tarsus with 1 phanere; seta c1 present or absent........................ 8
7. Setae f3 present; seta e1 short; genital shield smooth and fused with ventral shield........... Amblypalpus thymus sp. nov.
- Setae f3 absent; seta e1 long; genital shield reticulate and separate from ventral shield....... Amblypalpus thomissus Meyer
8. Setae c1 present; 2 pairs of 4a setae; dorsal cuticle weakly sculptured; rostral shield not extending over coxa I....................................................................... Amblypalpus narsikulovii Mitrofanov and Strunkova
- Setae c1 absent; 1 pair of 4a setae; dorsal cuticle reticulate; rostral shield extends over coxa I......................................................................................... Amblypalpus masakii (Ehara and Ueckermann)
description: Published as part of Farzan, Sadegh, Asadi, Mahdieh, Ueckermann, Edward A., Seeman, Owen D. & Beard, Jennifer J., 2013, A review of Amblypalpus and Priscapalpus (Acari: Trombidiformes: Tenuipalpidae), including two new species of Amblypalpus from Iran, pp. 53-64 in Zootaxa 3716 (1) on pages 62-63, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3716.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/284929