Aulobia Kethley 1970
Creators: name: Skoracki, Maciej
name: Spicer, Greg S.
name: Oconnor, Barry M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Syringophilidae
Aulobia

description: Key to species of the genus Aulobia
(females)
* species occurring in the Nearctic region.
1. Setae vi and si subequal in length. Hysteronotal shield fused to pygidial shield............. A. dendroicae Kethley, 1970 *
- Setae si 1.6–3 times longer than vi. Hysteronotal shield not fused to pygidial shield................................. 2
2. Each lateral branch of peritremes with 18–20 chambers............... A. cardueli Skoracki, Hendricks and Spicer, 2010 *
- Each lateral branch of peritremes with max. 15 chambers...................................................... 3
3. Agenital setae ag2 shorter than 100................................................ A. leucostictus Skoracki, 2011
- Agenital setae ag2 longer than 120....................................................................... 4
4. Setae f1 longer than 90.................................................... A. virens Skoracki and Dabert, 2001
- Setae f1 shorter than 65................................................................................ 5
5. Length of setae si 85–105............................................................................... 6
- Length of setae si 150–230............................................................................. 7
6. Coxal fields I and II densely punctate. Lateral branch of peritremes with 14 chambers. Setae ve and si subequal in length.............................................................. A. stachyris (Bochkov, Mironov and Skoracki, 2000)
- Coxal fields I and II sparsely punctate. Lateral branch of peritremes with 8–10 chambers. Setae si 1.5 times longer than ve .................................................................... A. nectariniae Skoracki and Glowska, 2008
7. Length of setae vi 45 –50. Infracapitulum densely punctate.................................................... 8
- Length of setae vi 65 –85. Infracapitulum sparsely punctate or apunctate......................................... 9
8. Total body length 985–1,030. Each branch of peritremes with 13–15 chambers...... A. sylviae Bochkov and Mironov, 1998
- Total body length 875. Each branch of peritremes with 7 chambers........ A. sylviettae (Fain, Bochkov and Mironov, 2000)
9. Hysteronotal shield weakly sclerotized, posterior margin not reaching bases of setae e2 .................................................................................................. A. erythroptera Skoracki and Dabert, 2001
- Hysteronotal shield well sclerotized, posterior margin reaching bases of setae e2 ................................. 10
10. Length ratio of setae ag3: f2 1:1. Hysteronotal shield apunctate................... A. cisticolae Skoracki and Sikora, 2003
- Length ratio of setae ag3: f2 1:1.6. Hysteronotal shield punctate.............. .. A. anthreptes Skoracki and Glowska, 2008
description: Published as part of Skoracki, Maciej, Spicer, Greg S. & Oconnor, Barry M., 2016, A systematiC review of the subfamily Syringophilinae (ACari: Syringophilidae) of the NearCtiC region. Part 1: quill mites assoCiated with passerines (Aves: Passeriformes), pp. 451-494 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on pages 453-454, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1052257