Podocinum
Creators: name: Yan, Yi
name: Jin, Dao-Chao
name: Guo, Xian-Guo
name: Guo, Jian-Jun
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Podocinidae
Podocinum

description: Key to species of Podocinum from China based on female
1. Subterminal setae on tarsus I very long, extending much beyond the distal end of tarsus I............................. 2
- Subterminal setae on tarsus I not extending far beyond the distal end of tarsus I....................................3
2. Dorsal shield with polygonal networks.......................................................... P. pintungense
- Dorsal shield without polygonal networks............................................................ P. sagax
3. Length of subterminal setae of tarsus I approximately half the distance between the setal base and the distal end of tarsus I.. 4
- Length of subterminal setae of tarsus I much less than half the distance between the setal base and the distal end of tarsus I.. 7
4. Two subterminal setae on tarsus I approximately as long as half the distance between setal base and the distal end of tarsus I....................................................................................... P. jianfenglingense
- Only one subterminal setae on tarsus I approximate as long as half the distance between setal base and the distal end of tarsus I.................................................................................................... 5
5. Hysterosoma with eight pairs of stout dorsal setae............................................................6
- Hysterosoma with seven pairs of stout dorsal setae....................................................... P. aokii
6. Polygonally lined area of dorsal shield tuberculated, fixed digit of chelicera with four teeth.............. P. changchunense
- Polygonally lined area of dorsal shield not tuberculated, fixed digit of chelicera with seven teeth.............. P. anhuense
7. Dorsal shield with polygonal network in central area only.............................................. P. stellatum
- Dorsal shield with polygonal networks over whole surface..................................................... 8
8. Dorsal shield with 16 pairs of setae............................................................. P. pacificum
- Dorsal shield with more than 16 pairs of setae............................................................... 9
9. Dorsal shield with 17 pairs of setae....................................................... P. guizhouense n. sp.
- Dorsal shield with 18 pairs of setae...................................................................... 10
10. Hysterosoma with six pairs of stout dorsal setae, distance between setae j1 shorter than length of j1, ventrianal shield more or less rectangular with rounded corners............................................................ P. hainanense
- Hysterosoma with five pairs of stout dorsal setae, distance between setae j1 longer than length of j1, ventrianal shield triangu- lar with rounded corners....................................................................... P. tianmuense
description: Published as part of Yan, Yi, Jin, Dao-Chao, Guo, Xian-Guo & Guo, Jian-Jun, 2011, A new species of Podocinum Berlese (Acari: Podocinidae) and a key to species of the genus from China, pp. 49-56 in Zootaxa 3001 on page 55, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.200805