Aulobia Kethley 1970
Creators: name: Skoracki, Maciej
name: Hendricks, Sarah A.
name: Spicer, Greg S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Syringophilidae
Aulobia

description: Key to the species of the genus Aulobia Kethley, 1970.
(females)
1. Propodonotal setae vi and si subequal in length. Hysteronotal shield fused to pygidial shield ..................................... ........................................................................................................................................... A. dendroicae (Clark, 1964)
- Propodonotal setae si 1.5 times longer than vi. Hysteronotal shield not fused to pygidial shield ............................... 2
2. Each longitudinal branch of peritremes has 18–20 chambers, aggenital setae ag2 no longer than 90 .......................... ......................................................................................................................................................... A. cardueli sp. nov.
- Each longitudinal branch of peritremes has no more than 12 chambers, aggenital setae ag2 longer than 120 ......... 3
3. Setae f1 longer than 90 ........................................................................................... A. virens Skoracki et Dabert, 2001
- Setae f1 shorter than 60 ............................................................................................................................................... 4
4. Length of setae si 95–105 ........................................................................... A. nectariniae Skoracki et Glowska, 2008
- Length of setae si 150–230 .......................................................................................................................................... 5
5. Length of setae vi 45 –50. Infracapitulum densely punctate ........................................................................................ 6
- Length of setae vi 65 –85. Infracapitulum sparsely punctate or apunctate.................................................................... 7
6. Total body length 985–1030, each branch of peritremes with 13–15 chambers A. sylviae Bochkov et Mironov, 1998
- Total body length 877, each branch of peritremes with 7 chambers ............. A. sylviettae Fain et al. 2000 comb. nov.
7. Hysteronotal shield weakly visible, posterior band not reaching bases of setae e ......................................................... ...................................................................................................................... A. erythroptera Skoracki et Dabert, 2001
- Hysteronotal shield well visible, posterior margin reaching bases of setae e ............................................................. 8
8. Length ratio of setae ag3:f2 1:1. Hysteronotal shield apunctate ........................ A. cisticolae Skoracki et Sikora, 2003
- Length ratio of setae ag3:f2 1:1.6. Hysteronotal shield punctate ................. A. anthreptes Skoracki et Glowska, 2008.
description: Published as part of Skoracki, Maciej, Hendricks, Sarah A. & Spicer, Greg S., 2010, Systematics of the ectoparasitic quill mites of the genus Aulobia Kethley, 1970 (Acari: Syringophilidae) with the description of a new species, pp. 31-41 in Zootaxa 2399 on page 40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.194018