Neoribates Berlese 1914
Creators: name: Yu, Bixiao
name: Pan, Xue
name: Liu, Dong
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Parakalummidae
Neoribates

description: Key to known species of Neoribates from China
1. Anterior margin of pteromorphs arcuately incised with a projecting and pointed apex (body length: 680)............................................. N. (Parakalumma) lydia Jacot, 1923 (Distribution in China: Shandong, Sichuan, Xinjiang)
- Anterior margin of pteromorphs rounded without pointed apex................................................. 2
2. Bothridial seta setiform (body length: 796–946).............. N. (N.) rotundus Aoki, 1982 (Distribution in China: Taiwan)
- Bothridial seta rod-like or with developed head.............................................................. 3
3. Four pairs of genital setae............................................................................... 4
- Five pairs of genital setae.............................................................................. 11
4. Lamellae fused anteriorly, lamellar setae inserted close to each other (body length: 630).......................................................................... N. (N.) conflatus Zheng & Chen, 2024 (Distribution in China: Henan)
- Lamellae not fused anteriorly, lamellar setae inserted far from each other......................................... 5
5. Rostrum sharply pointed in dorsal view; bothridial seta rod-like without head (body length: 910–1045)....................................................... N. (N.) incisus Hagino, Shimano & Aoki, 2016 (Distribution in China: Taiwan)
- Rostrum rounded in dorsal view; bothridial seta with developed head............................................ 6
6 Bothridial seta short and clavate (body length: 512)............................................................................................. N. (N.) parvisetigerum (Aoki, 1965) (Distribution in China: Anhui, Jilin, Xinjiang)
- Bothridial seta long, with long stalk and fusiform head........................................................ 7
7. Pteromorph simultaneously foveolate and striate (body length: unknown).......................................................................................... N. (N.) pyramidalis (Tseng 1984) (Distribution in China: Taiwan)
- Pteromorph smooth................................................................................... 8
8. Notogaster and anogenital region striate (body length: 464–564).................................................................................................. N. (N.) yangensis Ermilov, 2019 (Distribution in China: Taiwan)
- Notogaster and anogenital region not striate................................................................ 9
9. Head of bothridial seta lanceolate having setiform apex (body length: 475–570)............................................................................ N. (N.) cheni Liang & Yang, 2013 (Distribution in China: Guizhou, Shaanxi)
- Head of bothridial seta fusiform, without setiform apex...................................................... 10
10. Lamellar and interlamellar setae with flagellate tip (body length: 430–730)............................ N. (N.) roubali (Berlese, 1910) (Distribution in China: Anhui, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Shandong, Taiwan, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Zhejiang)
- Lamellar and interlamellar setae without flagellate tip (body length: 450–580)......................................................................................... N. (N.) similis Fujikawa, 2007 (Distribution in China: Henan)
11. Surface of notogaster smooth........................................................................... 12
- Surface of notogaster rough, with particles or striate......................................................... 14
12. Notogaster with 11 pairs of setae; head of bothridial seta oval-shaped (body length: 500–525).................................................................................... N. (N.) subiasi sp. nov. (Distribution in China: Jilin)
- Notogaster with 10 pairs of setae; bothridial seta cup-shaped or with fusiform head................................ 13
13. Bothridial seta cup-shaped, rounded distally; mutual distance ad 1 – ad 2 <ad 2 – ad 3 (body length: 480–490)......................................................... N. (N.) cupulatus Liang, Yang & Tang, 2014 (Distribution in China: Yunnan)
- Bothridial seta with fusiform head, pointed distally; mutual distance ad 1 – ad 2 ≈ ad 2 – ad 3 (body length: 470–530)......................................................... N. (N.) fusiformis Zheng & Chen, 2024 (Distribution in China: Henan)
14. Surface of notogaster striate, seta ad 3 inserted anterior to anal aperture (body length: 514–531)............................................................... N. (N.) striatissimus Ermilov & Starý, 2017 (Distribution in China: Taiwan)
- Surface of notogaster not striate, seta ad 3 inserted lateral to anal aperture (body length: 475–570)................................................................... N. (N.) particula Liang & Yang, 2013 (Distribution in China: Ningxia)
description: Published as part of Yu, Bixiao, Pan, Xue & Liu, Dong, 2024, Neoribates (Neoribates) subiasi sp. nov. (Acari, Oribatida, Parakalummidae) from Changbai Mountain, China, pp. 122-131 in Zootaxa 5556 (1) on page 130, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5556.1.11, http://zenodo.org/record/14595036