Klinckowstroemia
Creators: name: Villegas-Guzmán, Gabriel A.
name: Reyes-Castillo, Pedro
name: Pérez, Tila M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Klinckowstroemiidae
Klinckowstroemia

description: Key to the species of Klinckowstroemia based on females (modified from Rosario & Hunter, 1988).   
1. Medial margins of latigynal shields wavy (Fig. 2)............................................................ 2  
- Medial margins of latigynal shields straight or pointed, never wavy (Fig. 7 A)...................................... 8  
2. Sternal and latigynal setae barbed and/or serrated............................................................. 4  
- Sternal and latigynal setae smooth......................................................................... 3  
 3. All sternal setae of equal length.............................................................. K. simplesetosa   
 - Sternal setae st 2, st 3 and st 4 are microsetae (Fig. 2 G).................................................. K. pennula   
 4. With four pairs of setae a; st 1 long and barbed, not serrated............................................... K. scotti   
 - With one pair of setae a, st 1 serrated, not barbed.............................................................5   
 5. Seta st 1 long (31–40) and serrated, setae st 3 and st 4 are medium and/or microsetae.................................6   
 - Seta st 1 medium (21–29) and serrated, setae st 3 and st 4 are short....................................... K. montanoi   
 6. Setae st 3 of medium length..............................................................................7   
 - Setae st 3 and st 4 are microsetae................................................................... K. valdezi   
 7. Seta st 4 short................................................................................ K. victoriae   
 - Seta st 4 a microseta (Fig. 4 H).................................................................... K. melissae   
 8. Sternal seta st 1 barbed or bifurcate........................................................................ 9   
 - Sternal seta st 1 smooth................................................................................ 19   
 9. Sternal seta st 1 barbed................................................................................. 10   
 - Sternal seta st 1 bifurcate........................................................................ K. bifurcata   
 10. Sternal seta st 2 barbed................................................................................. 11   
 - Sternal seta st 2 smooth................................................................................. 14   
 11. Sternal setae st 3 and st 4 smooth.................................................................. K. candidoi   
 - Sternal setae st 3 and st 4 barbed and serrated................................................................ 12   
 12. Sternal seta st 1 very long, st 2 and st 3 medium; with 6–10 serrated setae on latigynal shields................ K. santibanezi   
 - Sternal setae st 1, st 2 and st 3 are long and serrated........................................................... 13   
 13. Sternal shield granulated..................................................................... K. ballesterosi   
 - Sternal shield reticulated (Fig. 7 A)............................................................... K. oconnori   
 14. Mesogynal shield rounded anteriorly.......................................................... K. atramaculata   
- Mesogynal shield pointed anteriorly...................................................................... 15  
 15. Medial margins of latigynal shields pointed..................................................... K. tapachulensis   
- Medial margins of latigynal shields truncate............................................................... 16  
 16. Seta st 2 short or medium; body more than 900 µm long...................................................... 17   
 - Seta st 2 microseta, body less than 900 µm long............................................................. 18   
 17. Seta st 1 is the longest of sternal setae............................................................. K. schusteri   
 - Seta st 3 is the longest of sternal setae.............................................................. K. cristinae   
 18. Latigynal shields with 4–6 setae setae st 3 and st 4 microsetae..................................... K. brevimarginata   
 - Latigynal shields with three setae, setae st 3 and st 4 short......................................... K. rectimarginata   
 19. Two pairs of setae on latigynal shield............................................................. K. tragardhi   
- More than two pairs of setae on latigynal shields............................................................ 20  
 20. Posterior margin of ventral shield concave......................................................... K. concava   
- Posterior margin of ventral shield truncate................................................................. 21  
21. Mesogynal shield extending anteriorly to sternogynal shield; medial margins of latigynal shields pointed............... 22  
- Mesogynal shield not extending anteriorly to sternogynal shield; medial margins of latigynal shields truncated........... 26  
22. Mesogynal shield extending anteriorly to sternogynal shield slightly............................................ 23  
- Mesogynal shield extending anteriorly to sternogynal shield deeply............................................. 24  
 23. Seta st 1 microseta, st 2 short and simple, hyp 3 serrated................................................ K. franckei   
 - Seta st 1 short and simple, st 2 microseta, hyp 3 simple.................................................. K. hunteri   
 24. Lateral margins of mesogynal shield concave; all sternal setae of equal length......................... K. multisetillosa   
- Lateral margins of mesogynal shield straight............................................................... 25  
 25. Sternal setae medium length, sternal and sternogynal shields reticulated..................................... K. starri   
 - Sternal setae are microsetae, sternal and sternogynal shields granulated (Fig. 6 C).............................. K. stilla   
 26. Lateral margins of mesogynal shield concave; five or six pairs of setae on latigynal shield.................. K. grabowskii   
- Lateral margins of mesogynal shield straight; three or four pairs of setae on latigynal shield.......................... 27  
 27. Sternal seta st 2 shorter than st 3 and st 4; three pairs of setae on latigynal shields.............................. K. reyesi Sternal seta st 2 longer than st 3 and st 4; four pairs of setae on latigynal shields.............................. K. truncata
description: Published as part of Villegas-Guzmán, Gabriel A., Reyes-Castillo, Pedro & Pérez, Tila M., 2011, New species of Klinckowstroemia Baker & Wharton, 1952 (Acari: Klinckowstroemiidae), associated with passalid beetles from Mexico and Panama, pp. 19-36 in Zootaxa 2747 on pages 35-36, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.207115