Calepitrimerus
Creators: name: Xue, Xiao-Feng
name: Song, Zi-Wei
name: Hong, Xiao-Yue
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2006
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Prostigmata
Eriophyidae
Calepitrimerus

description: Key to the species in the genus Calepitrimerus in China
1 Coxal area smooth ........................................................................................................ 2
­ Coxal area with granules or short lines ....................................................................... 12
2 Dorsal annuli with microtubercles ................................................................................ 3
­ Dorsal annuli smooth .................................................................................................... 6
3 Setae h1 present............................................................................................................. 4
­ Setae h1 absent ............................. Calepitrimerus heliciopsus Chandrapatya & Boczek
4 Prosternal apodeme present........................................................................................... 5
­ Prosternal apodeme absent .......................... Calepitrimerus actinodaphnis Wei & Feng
5 Prodorsal shield with median, admedian and submedian lines, empodium 7­rayed....... .................................................................................... Calepitrimerus brevilinea Huang
­ Prodorsal shield without median, admedian and submedian lines, empodium 6­rayed. ................................................................. Calepitrimerus octophyllaus Huang & Wang
6 Setae h1 present ............................................ Calepitrimerus linderaus Huang & Cheng
­ Setae h1 absent.............................................................................................................. 7
7 Ridges on female genital coverflap in two ranks ............................................................ ............................................................................ Calepitrimerus livistonae Wei & Feng
­ Ridges on female genital coverflap in one rank............................................................ 8
8 Prodorsal shield smooth ............................. Calepitrimerus dendrobenthamiae sp. nov.
­ Prodorsal shield with designs........................................................................................ 9
9 Median line present ................................................... Calepitrimerus reticulatus Huang
­ Median line absent ...................................................................................................... 10
10 Empodium 3­rayed ............................................................. Calepitrimerus alnus Huang
­ Empodium 5­rayed...................................................................................................... 11
11 Scapular tubercles on prodorsal shield longer, scapular setae projecting posteriorly..... ................................................................... Calepitrimerus longitubereris Liu & Kuang
­ Scapular tubercles normal, scapular setae projecting outward and upward....................
.................................................................................... Calepitrimerus similisvas Huang 12 Dorsal annuli with microtubercles .............................................................................. 13
­ Dorsal annuli smooth .................................................................................................. 17
13 Leg with antaxial genual setae (l'') .......................................................................... 14
­ Leg without antaxial genual setae (l'') .... Calepitrimerus litseae Wei, Feng & Huang
14 Setae h1 absent ....................................................... Calepitrimerus fici Wei, Li & Chen
­ Setae h1 present........................................................................................................... 15
15 Median line on prodorsal shield present ..................................................................... 16
­ Median line on prodorsal shield absent........................................................................... .............................................................. Calepitrimerus neimongolensis Kuang & Geng
16 Median and admedian lines connected, empodium 6­rayed ........................................... ............................................................................ alepitrimerus litseaus Huang & Wang
­ Median and admedian lines separate, empodium 4­rayed .............................................. ................................................................................... Calepitrimerus rubi Lin & Kuang
17 Setae h1 absent............................................................................................................ 18
­ Setae h1 present........................................................................................................... 19
18 Median line on prodorsal shield present, empodium 6­rayed, female genital coverflap with 10 longitudinal ridges ............................... Calepitrimerus oxytropis Kuang & Luo
­ Median line on prodorsal shield absent, empodium 5­rayed, female genital coverflap with 15 longitudinal ridges .............................. Calepitrimerus undatus Huang & Wang
19 Female genital coverflap smooth ....... Calepitrimerus bungeanus Kuang, Luo & Wang
­ Female genital coverflap with longitudinal ridges...................................................... 20
20 Coxal area with granules, ventral annuli with spiny microtubercles .............................. .................................................................. Calepitrimerus yunnanensis Kuang & Hong
­ Coxal area with short lines, ventral annuli with round microtubercles....................... 21
21 Prosternal apodeme absent, prodorsal shield with many dashes..................................... ....................................................................................... Calepitrimerus fopingi sp. nov.
­ Prosternal apodeme present, prodorsal shield without dashes .................................... 22
22 Prodorsal shield smooth ............................................... Calepitrimerus sabineae Kuang
­ Prodorsal shield with median, admedian and submedian lines ................................... 23
23 Empodium 5­rayed, admedian and submedian connected .............................................. ............................................................................ Calepitrimerus rosarum Lin & Kuang
­ Empodium 6­rayed, admedian and submedian separate ................................................. ................................................................................... Calepitrimerus alchemillae (Liro)
description: Published as part of Xue, Xiao-Feng, Song, Zi-Wei & Hong, Xiao-Yue, 2006, A new genus and three new species of Phyllocoptini (Acari: Eriophyidae: Phyllocoptinae) from the Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi Province, northwestern China, pp. 31-41 in Zootaxa 1275 on pages 32-33, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.173315