Hutufeideria
Creators: name: Kontschán, Jenő
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Uropodidae
Hutufeideria

description: Key to the species of Hutufeideria
(based on the illustrations of Hiramatsu 1978a, 1978b, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983 b, Hirschmann & Hiramatsu 1977)
1. Dorsal shield ornamented............................................................................... 2
- Dorsal shield without ornamentation......................................................................8
2. Ventral shield smooth.................................................................................. 3
- Ventral shield with ornamentation......................................................................... 5
3. Dorsal shield covered by small oval pits (ca. 5–7 µm); ventral setae smooth (Fig. 29).......................... H. alata
- Dorsal shield with large oval pits (ca. 15–16 µm); ventral setae pilose............................................ 4
4. Central region of dorsal shield raised; dorsal setae pilose, surface of male genital shield with reticulate sculptural pattern................................................................................................ H. haradai
- Central region of dorsal shield not raised; dorsal setae smooth and pilose, surface of male genital shield smooth... H. virtuosa
5. Dorsal setae needle-like; dorsal and ventral shields ornamented with small oval pits (ca. 7–8 µm)......................6
- Dorsal setae wide; dorsal and ventral shields ornamented by irregular pits or web-like sculptural pattern................. 7
6. Dorsal and adanal setae smooth.............................................................. H. feiderisimilis
- Dorsal and adanal setae pilose.................................................................... H. feideri
7. Ventral shield with web-like sculptural pattern (Fig. 16)............................................ H. thailandica
- Ventral shield ornamented by irregular pits (ca. 9–12 µm) (Fig. 25)................................... H. phuketensis
8. Dorsal setae in row j short (tips of j setae reaching insertion of the following setae in the series)....................... 9
- Dorsal setae in row j long (j setae expanding beyond insertion of the following setae in the series by half of their length)...10
9. Dorsal setae smooth in row j; surface of genital shield of female smooth..................................... H. aoki
- Dorsal setae pilose in row j; genital shield of female covered by oval pits.................................. H. hutuae
10. Setae j4 marginally pilose; adanal setae smooth............................................................. 11
- Setae j4 marginally smooth; adanal setae pilose............................................................. 12
11. Strongly sclerotised lines on dorsal shield present; genital shield of female scutiform............... H. hirschmannisimilis
- Strongly sclerotised lines on dorsal shield absent; genital shield of female linguliform........ Hutufeideria hirschmannoides
12. St1 setae as long as other sternal setae; setae j3 reach to insertion of j4................................ H. hirschmanni
- St1 longer than other sternal setae (1: 0,5); setae j3 not reach to insertion of j4........................... .. H. deliciosa
description: Published as part of Kontschán, Jenő, 2011, Uropodina mites with unusual chelicerae from Thailand (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 54-66 in Zootaxa 2984 on page 65, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.278344