Aceria Keifer 1944
Creators: name: Menon, Pratibha
name: Joshi, Sushila
name: Ramamurthy, Vilayanoor Venkataraman
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Prostigmata
Eriophyidae
Aceria

description: Key species of the genus Aceria known from Hibiscus spp.   
1. Prominent lobe-like structures absent on postero-lateral margins of prodorsal shield; coxal granulations may or may not be present on both coxal plates; empodium 4- or 5- rayed; solenidia on Legs I and II, more or less subequal to empodia of legs...................................................................................................... 2  
 - Prominent lobe-like structures present on postero-lateral margins of prodorsal shield; coxal granulations present on coxal plate; empodia 4-rayed, solenidia on Legs I and II at least 2.5× length of empodia.................... Aceria tripuraensis n.sp.   
2. Empodia on Legs I and II, 4-rayed........................................................................ 3  
- Empodia on Legs I and II, 5 rayed....................................................................... 5  
 3. Coxal granulations present only on fore-coxae; median line on prodorsal shield appears complete but anterior half is indistinct; admedian and submedian lines form a spear-shaped pattern........................ Aceria hastatum Ueckermann, 1990   
- Shield design not as above; coxal granulations absent or unknown.............................................. 4  
 4. Coxal granulations absent; coxal area with few lines;prodorsal shield with median line on basal half, and an arrow pointing posteriorly; admedian lines spaced widely apart with basal arch-like line connecting submedians bordering on either side of the shield............................................................... Aceria vitifoliae Mohanasundaram, 1990   
 - Coxal granulations present or absent, not clearly indicated; median lines on prodorsal shield complete; admedian lines, wavy; submedian lines placed laterally................................................... Aceria hibisci (Nalepa, 1906)   
 5. Coxal granulations absent; prodorsal shield with complete median line; admedian and submedian lines incomplete.......................................................................... Aceria liuzhouensis Qin, Wei & Chen, 2003   
- Prodorsal shield with complete admedian and submedian lines................................................. 6  
 6. Prodorsal shield with prominent median line visible on posterior two-thirds, fading anteriorly; admedian lines complete; first submedian lines complete, wavy; second submedian lines on anterior half of shield; sides of prodorsal shield, granular; coxal area, lightly granular.............................................. Aceria hirsutivagrans Mohanasundaram, 1984   
 - Prodorsal shield with median line present; admedian, first submedian and second submedian lines all arising from prodorsal shield apex, bending out and joining back while running parallel to median line and meeting at base; coxal granulation not clearly indicated............................................................ Aceria punctulata (Nalepa, 1914)
description: Published as part of Menon, Pratibha, Joshi, Sushila & Ramamurthy, Vilayanoor Venkataraman, 2014, A new species of eriophyoid mite, Aceria tripuraensis sp. n. (Acari: Eriophyoidea), on Hibiscus macrophyllus from India, pp. 553-562 in Zootaxa 3760 (4) on page 561, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3760.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/4909041