Podotarsonemus Seeman & Lindquist & Husband 2018
Creators: name: Seeman, Owen D.
name: Lindquist, Evert E.
name: Husband, Robert W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Prostigmata
Tarsonemidae
Podotarsonemus

description: Key to species of Podotarsonemus
1. Female and male: with seta on trochanter IV (e.g., Figs 2, 4); female: coxisternal plates III–IV separate, longitudinal striae between coxisterna (Fig. 2); setae h small to moderate length, not attenuate (length <60); male: tarsus IV present, often rudimentary … australiensis species group................................................................... 2
- Female and male: without seta on trochanter IV; female: coxisternal plates III–IV not separate, lacking longitudinal striae between coxisterna (Fig. 8); setae h attenuate (length> 70); male: tarsus IV absent … boliviensis species group........... 4
2. Female: setae sc1 absent (Fig. 1); genua II–III with setae (l ′, l′′, v ′), femur I with four setae (l ′, l′′, d, v′′), femorogenu IV with two setae; male: tibia and tarsus I separate; femorogenu IV with seta, tarsus IV developed, with claw and setae (Fig. 3)............................................................................ Podotarsonemus australiensis sp. nov.
- Female: setae sc1 present (Figs 16, 25); genua II–III without setae, femur I with two setae (l″, v ″), femorogenu IV bare; male: tibia and tarsus I fused; femorogenu IV without seta, tarsus IV rudimentary, without claw and setae (Figs. 18, 26)......... 3
3. Female: vestigial v2 formed as alveoli separate from lateral edges of prodorsal shield (Fig. 16), tracheal atria fused, post-atrial sacs heavily sclerotized and with long distal extension (Fig. 17); male: setae c2 much longer (> 4x) than c1, tibia IV bearing attenuate terminal seta, solenidion subterminal (Fig. 18); larva: setae h1-2, ps2 attenuate, tibia and tarsus I separate (Fig. 19)........................................................................... Podotarsonemus indicus sp. nov.
- Female: vestigial v2 formed as anterolateral invaginations of lateral edges of prodorsal shield (Fig. 25), tracheal atria separate, post-atrial sacs lightly sclerotized and without distal extension (Fig. 25); male: setae c2 slightly longer (<2x) than c1, tibia IV without terminal seta, solenidion terminal (Fig. 26); larva: setae h1-2, ps2 short, tibia and tarsus I fused (Fig. 27).................................................................................. Podotarsonemus zuluensis sp. nov.
4. Female and male: femur I with 4 setae (rudimentary l ′, l′′, d and developed v′′), femur II bearing 3 setae (rudimentary l ′, d and developed v′′) (e.g., Fig. 8).............................................................................. 5
- Female and male: femur I with 2 or 3 setae (if present, d rudimentary, and developed l′′, v′′), femur II bearing 1 seta (developed v′′) (e.g., Fig. 20)..................................................................................... 6
5. Female: prodorsal, C and D plates with imbricate sculpturing; chelicerae with 1 tooth (Fig. 7); male: femorogenu IV with 1 seta, small genital capsule flanges present (Fig. 9)............................... Podotarsonemus boliviensis sp. nov.
- Female: prodorsal, C and D plates with punctate sculpturing; chelicerae without teeth (Fig. 13); male: femorogenu IV without seta, genital capsule flanges absent (Fig. 14)................................. Podotarsonemus ecuadorensis sp. nov.
6. Female: setae sc1 present; vestigial setae v2 expressed as alveolar pits within prodorsal shield; palp with two setae; femur I with rudimentary seta d (Fig. 20)............................................ Podotarsonemus nipponicus sp. nov.
- Female: setae sc1 absent; rudimentary setae v2 expressed as anterolateral invaginations of prodorsal shield; palp with one seta; femur I without rudimentary seta d (Fig. 23).............................. Podotarsonemus queenslandensis sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Seeman, Owen D., Lindquist, Evert E. & Husband, Robert W., 2018, A new tribe of tarsonemid mites (Trombidiformes: Heterostigmatina) parasitic on tetrigid grasshoppers (Orthoptera), pp. 1-54 in Zootaxa 4418 (1) on page 47, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4418.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1242435