Indoribates Jacot 1929
Creators: name: Xu, Shu-Jing
name: Liu, Cheng-Lin
name: Chen, Jun
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Haplozetidae
Indoribates

description: Key to known species of Indoribates and Lauritzenia in China
1 Five pairs of genital setae.................................................................... 2 (Indoribates)
- Four pairs of genital setae.................................................................... 7 (Lauritzenia)
2 Leg I monodactylous, legs II to IV bidactylous; three pairs of aggenital setae...... Indoribates (Indoribates) subiasi sp. nov.
- All legs monodactylous or heterotridactylous; one pair of aggenital setae......................................... 3
3 Legs heterotridactylous.............................. Indoribates (Haplozetes) vindobonensis curtipilis (Kunst, 1977)
- Legs monodactylous................................................................................... 4
4 Neotrichy present in the epimeral regions; notogastral setae barbed.............................................. 5
- Neotrichy absent in the epimeral regions; notogastral setae smooth.............................................. 6
5 Neotrichy present on epimere III and IV, five pairs of setae on epimere III and five or six pairs of setae on epimere IV......................................................... Indoribates (Neoindoribates) multisetus (Wen & Zhao, 1994)
- Neotrichy only present on epimere IV, four pairs of setae on epimere IV........................................................................................... Indoribates (Indoribates) crassistiger (Fukuyama & Aoki, 2000)
6 Bothridial seta setiform; notogastral setae longer than anal setae; anal and adanal setae densely barbed from middle towards tips.......................................................... Indoribates (Indoribates) japonicus (Aoki, 1988)
- Bothridial seta lanceolate; notogastral setae shorter than anal setae; anal and adanal setae slightly barbed.............................................................................. Indoribates (Indoribates) minutus (Tseng, 1984)
7 Legs monodactylous................................................................................... 8
- Legs heterotridactylous................................................................................ 9
8 Bothridial seta lanceolate............................................ Lauritzenia (Lauritzenia) carnea Tseng, 1984
- Bothridial seta clavate....................................... Lauritzenia (Lauritzenia) loongchiensis (Tseng, 1984)
9 Notogastral setae represented by alveoli except p 1; rostral, lamellar, interlamellar and head of bothridial seta barbed....................................................................... Lauritzenia (Incabates) nuda (Hammer, 1961)
- Notogastral setae present; rostral, lamellar, interlamellar and head of bothridial seta smooth............................................................................................ Lauritzenia (Incabates) major (Aoki, 1970)
description: Published as part of Xu, Shu-Jing, Liu, Cheng-Lin & Chen, Jun, 2024, Taxonomic contribution to the knowledge of the genus Indoribates and Lauritzenia (Acari, Oribatida, Haplozetidae), with description of a new species from China, pp. 84-96 in Zootaxa 5556 (1) on page 94, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5556.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/14595409