Mesoplophora : Sellnick 1928
Creators: name: Liu, Dong
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Mesoplophoridae
Mesoplophora

description: Key to species of Mesoplophora
1 Two pairs of anal setae present..................................................... subgenus Mesoplophora ....2
- Three to four pairs of anal setae present...............................................subgenus Parplophora ....23
2 Lamellar setae situated closer to rostral setae than to interlamellar setae............................. M. (M.) permodica
- Lamellar setae situated closer to interlamellar setae than to rostral setae........................................... 3
3 Sensilli with slightly fusiform head....................................................................... 4
- Sensilli without head................................................................................... 6
4 Sensilli smooth; lateral carinae of prodorsum absent.......................................... M. (M.) parapulchra
- Sensilli covered with spines; lateral carinae of prodorsum present............................................... 5
5 “Notogastral” setae long, setae c 3 longer than half of distance between setae c 3 and c p; nine pairs of rough ventral setae present........................................................................................ M. (M.) hauseri
- “Notogastral” setae short, setae c 3 shorter than half of distance between setae c 3 and c p; eight pairs of smooth ventral setae present......................................................................................... M. (M.) ignota
6 Prodorsal and most “notogastral” setae very short and fine..................................... M. (M.) brachysetosa
- Nearly all prodorsal and “notogastral” setae much longer and thicker than their alveoli............................... 7
7 Sensilli smooth....................................................................................... 8
- Sensilli covered with spines............................................................................ 13
8 Distance between rostral setae considerably longer than distance between interlamellar setae.............. M. (M.) bolivari
- Distance between rostral setae shorter than distance between interlamellar setae.....................................9
9 Exobothridial setae longer than diameter of bothridia; “notogastral” setae very long, setae c 3 longer than distance between setae c 3 and c p.......................................................................... M. (M.) longisetosa
- Exobothridial setae shorter than diameter of bothridia; “notogastral” setae in normal length, setae c 3 shorter than distance between setae c 3 and c p................................................................................10
10 Ten pairs of ventral setae present; formula of genital setae 5:2........................................ M. (M.) bacilla
- Eight or nine pairs of ventral setae present; formula of genital setae 6:1.......................................... 11
11 Nine pairs of ventral setae present; aggenital position with one pair of setae........................ M. (M.) parabacilla
- Eight pairs of ventral setae present; aggenital position without setae............................................. 12
12 Lateral carinae of prodorsum present; all “notogastral “setae similar in shape.......................... M. (M.) frogneri
- Lateral carinae of prodorsum absent; setae c 3 much thinner than other “notogastral” setae...... M. (M.) heterotricha sp. nov.
13 Formula of genital setae 5:2............................................................................ 14
- Formula of genital setae 6:1............................................................................ 16
14 Prodorsum with lateral carinae; setae e 1 and e 2 thicker than other “notogastral” setae.................... M. (M.) invisitata
- Prodorsum without lateral carinae; all “notogastral” setae similar in shape........................................15
description: Published as part of Liu, Dong, 2016, Mesoplophoroidea (Acari, Oribatida) of China, pp. 519-539 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on page 528, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/1052321