Exothorhis Summers 1960
Creators: name: Khan, Eid Muhammad
name: Kamran, Muhammad
name: Rehman, Muneeb Ur
name: Mirza, Jawwad Hassan
name: Alatawi, Fahad Jaber
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Eupalopsellidae
Exothorhis

description: Key to species of Exothorhis Summers
1. Palp tarsus with solenidion .............................................................................................................. 2
- Palp tarsus without solenidion ............................................ E. sudanicus Zaher and Yousaf
2. Palp tibial claw present ..................................................................................................................... 3
- Palp tibial claw absent .................................................................................. E. armata Summers 3. Dorsum of idiosoma covered by two/three shields .............................................................. 4
- Dorsum of idiosoma covered by more than three shields ................................................. 7
4. Dorsal body setae mostly spatulate ............................................................................................. 5
- Dorsal body setae mostly tapering .............................................................................................. 6
5. Genu and femur I–IV 1–1–1–1 and 5(1) – 4(1) – 4(1) – 4(1), respectively ........................... .......................................................................................... E. damortis Rimando and Corpuz-Raros
- Genu and femur I–IV (2(1)–1(1)–1(1)–1(1)) and (5(2)–5(2)–5(1)–5(1)), respectively ......... .................................................................................................................................. E. okinawana Ehara
6. Idiosoma covered by two shields ........................................................ E. echinocactii Gerson
- Idiosoma covered by three shields ........................ E. camelliae Meyer and Ueckermann
7. Dorsal setae mostly spatulate ......................................................................................................... 8
- Dorsal setae mostly tapering ........................................................................................................ 11
8. Postocular body present ................................................................................................................... 9
- Postocular body absent ........................ ........................ E. lenis Rimando and Corpuz-Raros
9. Tarsus III with solenidion ................................................................................................................ 10
- Tarsus III without solenidion ................................. E. mirus (Chaudhri, Akbar and Rasool)
10. Dorsal shield smooth, coxa III without setae ..................... ...................... E. kenyae Bolland
- Dorsal shield punctate, coxa III with one seta E. saudiensis sp. n. Alatawi and Kamran
11. Tibia I with small spine like solenidion distally ..................................................................... 12
- Tibia I without small spine like solenidion distally. E. phoenix i Meyer and Ueckermann
12. Tibia I with 5(1) setae ....................................................................................................................... 13
- Tibia I with 4(1) setae .................................................................... E. jinganensis Hu and Chen
13. Tarsi I–II with 9(1)–8(1) setae .................................................................... E. caudate Summers
- Tarsi I–II with 8(1)–7(1) setae ................ ................. E. matulis Rimando and Corpuz-Raros
description: Published as part of Khan, Eid Muhammad, Kamran, Muhammad, Rehman, Muneeb Ur, Mirza, Jawwad Hassan & Alatawi, Fahad Jaber, 2024, Two new species of Eupalopsellidae (Acari: Prostigmata: Raphignathoidea) and key to the world species of Exothorhis Summers, pp. 511-526 in Journal of Natural History 58 (13 - 16) on pages 524-525, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2024.2331825, http://zenodo.org/record/11239904