Neoseiulus Hughes
Creators: name: Stathakis, Theodoros I.
name: Kapaxidi, Eleftheria V.
name: Papadoulis, Georgios Th.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Phytoseiidae
Neoseiulus

description: Key to species of the genus Neoseiulus Hughes in Greece based on adult females
1. Genu II with nine setae........................................ N. karandinosi Papadoulis, Emmanouel & Kapaxidi
- Genu II with less than nine setae.......................................................................... 2
2. Genu II with eight setae................................................................................ 3
- Genu II with seven setae................................................................................ 9
3. Setae ZV3 absent............................................................. N. leucophaeus (Athias-Henriot)
- Setae ZV3 present.................................................................................... 4
4. Movable digit of chelicerae with one tooth.................................................................. 5
- Movable digit of chelicerae without teeth.................................................................. 8
5. Spermatheca with atrium forked.......................................................................... 6
- Spermatheca with atrium not forked....................................................................... 7
6. Calyx V-shaped; atrium enlarged, deeply forked at juncture with major duct, joined to calyx by a stalk.................................................................................................... N. neomarginatus n. sp.
- Calyx cup shaped; atrium not deeply forked................................................... N. elisiensis n. sp.
7. Calyx bell shaped with atrium separated from calyx...................................... N. cucumeris (Oudemans)
- Calyx “bendable vase” shaped with atrium incorporated with calyx..... N. agrafioticus Papadoulis, Emmanouel & Kapaxidi
8. Neck of spermatheca much shorter than calyx............................ N. makedonicus (Papadoulis & Emmanouel)
- Neck of spermatheca subequal to calyx.................................................... N. zwoelferi (Dosse)
9. Female ventrianal shield long, narrow (L/W ratio ≈ 2:1)............... N. parapopuli Papadoulis, Emmanouel & Kapaxidi
- Female ventrianal shield not long, narrow (L/W <ratio 2:1)................................................... 10
10. Movable digit of chelicerae with three teeth................................................................ 11
- Movable digit of chelicerae with one tooth or without teeth................................................... 13
11. Spermatheca with atrium forked, atrium appearing thick-walled, vacuolated.................................................................................................. N. roumelioticus Papadoulis, Emmanouel & Kapaxidi
- Spermatheca with atrium not deeply forked, not appearing thick-walled, vacuolated................................ 12
12. Fixed digit of chelicerae with ten teeth; setae J2 shorter than S5......... N. aristotelisi Papadoulis, Emmanouel & Kapaxidi
- Fixed digit of chelicerae with less than six teeth; setae J2 longer than........................ N. californicus (McGregor)
13. Movable digit of chelicerae without teeth....................................... N. cinctutus (Livshitz & Kuznetsov)
- Movable digit of chelicerae with one tooth................................................................ 14
14. Setae S4 and S5 serrated; setae Z4 shorter than S5......................................... N. bicaudus (Wainstein)
- Setae S4 and S5 smooth; setae Z4 longer than S5.......................................................... 15
15. Calyx “bendable vase” shaped.......................................................................... 16
- Calyx not as above.................................................................................. 17
16. Setae Z5 shorter than macroseta on basitarsus IV................ N. pseudotauricus Papadoulis, Emmanouel & Kapaxidi
- Setae Z5 longer than macroseta on basitarsus IV................................. N. tauricus (Livshitz & Kuznetsov)
17. Calyx of spermatheca tubular; atrium approximately as wide as apex of calyx....................... N. barkeri (Hughes)
- Calyx of spermatheca not tubular; atrium narrower than apex of calyx.......................................... 18
18. Dorsal shield with four pairs of solenostomes; setae Z5 subequal to setae JV5....................... N. agrestris (Karg)
- Dorsal shield with seven pairs of solenostomes; setae Z5 longer than setae JV5.................................... 19
19. Neck of spermatheca subequal to calyx................................................ N. marginatus (Wainstein)
- Neck of spermatheca much shorter than calyx............................................. N. alpinus (Schweizer)
description: Published as part of Stathakis, Theodoros I., Kapaxidi, Eleftheria V. & Papadoulis, Georgios Th., 2013, Two new species of the genus Neoseiulus Hughes (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from Greece with re-description of Neoseiulus leucophaeus (Athias-Henriot), pp. 563-572 in Zootaxa 3681 (5) on pages 570-571, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3681.5.5, http://zenodo.org/record/221050