Aceria Keifer 1944
Creators: name: Huang, Kun-Wei
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Prostigmata
Eriophyidae
Aceria

description: Key to the Species of Aceria (Keifer, 1944) in Taiwan
1 Empodium with 5 or more rays...................................................................................................................6
- Empodium 4 rayed......................................................................................................................................2
2 Prodorsal shield design with a median line................................................................................................4
- Prodorsal shield design with median line absent........................................................................................3
3 Admedian lines connected at base, U-shaped ........................................................ A. serratifoliae sp. nov.
- Admedian lines not connected at base ................................................................... A. taiwanensus sp. nov.
4 Prodorsal shield design with granules at ridges .................................................... A. litseae (Keifer, 1972)
- Prodorsal shield design without granules at ridges.....................................................................................5
5 1st submedian lines connected at base, U-shape ..................................................... A. gallae Huang, 1996
- 1st submedian lines divergent at base................................................................. A. spicati (Stebbins, 1909)
6 Empodium 5 rayed......................................................................................................................................7
- Empodium 6-7 rayed................................................................................................................................16
7 Prodorsal shield design with granules........................................................................................................8
- Prodorsal shield design with ridges............................................................................................................9
8 Prodorsal shield lobe acute at apex ................................................................. A. eriobotrya (Keifer, 1938)
- Prodorsal shield lobe divided at apex ............................................................. A. shepherdiae Keifer, 1966
9 Prodorsal shield design with median line absent......................................................................................10
- Prodorsal shield design with median present............................................................................................11
10 Admedian lines complete ......................................................................................... A. sylvestrae sp. nov.
- Admedian lines from base to basal 1/3 .......................................................... A. yushania K. Huang, 2001
11 Median line discontinuous ................................................................................... A. monoica Huang, 2001
- Median line continuous.............................................................................................................................12
12 Median line incomplete .......................................................................................... A. pipturi Keifer, 1966
- Median line complete...............................................................................................................................13
13 Median line with arrow-like figure at base ............................................................ A. litchii (Keifer, 1943)
- Median line without arrow-like figure at base..........................................................................................14
14 Admedian lines subparallel ............................................................................. A. jasminoidis Huang, 2001
- Admedian lines not subparallel.................................................................................................................15
15 Admedian line sinuous ..................................................................................... A. lanyuensis Huang, 2001
- Admedian line divergent at base ........................................................................... A. kuko (Kishida, 1927)
16 Empodium 7 rayed ......................................................................................................... A. virosae sp. nov.
- Empodium 6 rayed....................................................................................................................................17
17 Admedian lines with transverse lines.......................................................................................................18
- Admedian lines without transverse lines ............................................................... A. sacchari Wang, 1964
18 Median and admedian lines with transverse lines at basal 1/4 and at half-way point ................................... ................................................................................................................................ A. pobuzii Huang, 1996
- Median and admedian lines with transverse lines at basal 1/5 and 1/3....................................................19
19 1st submedian line with forked line at basal 2/3 .............................................. A. mikaniae (Nalepa, 1918)
- 1st submedian line without forked line ............................................................... A. roxburghianae sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Huang, Kun-Wei, 2008, Aceria (Acarina: Eriophyoidea) in Taiwan: five new species and plant abnormalities caused by sixteen species, pp. 1-30 in Zootaxa 1829 on pages 3-4, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.183169