Binodacarus, Castilho & Moraes, 2010

Braga, Alice Freitas & Castilho, Raphael De Campos, 2024, New species of Binodacarus and Rhodacarus mites (Mesostigmata: Rhodacaridae) from Brazilian Cerrado biome, and a key to the world species of the genera, Zootaxa 5497 (1), pp. 70-82 : 75

Key to world species of Binodacarus based on adult females

1. Podonotal shield with two scleronoduli between setae j 5 and j 6; setae s 3 and S 4 on unsclerotised cuticle laterad podonotal shield; seta Jv 1 on unsclerotised cuticle anteriad ventrianal shield; metapodal platelets subdivided into a small anterior fragment and a larger posterior fragment............................................ B. brasiliensis Castilho & Moraes, 2010

- Podonotal shield with four scleronoduli between setae j 5 and j 6; setae s 3 and S 4 on podonotal shield; seta Jv 1 on ventrianal shield; metapodal platelets ellipsoidal or elongate, not subdivided............................................... 2

2. Fixed cheliceral digit with four teeth in addition to the apical tooth; seta s 5 anteriad s 6; setae Zv 1 and Zv 3 on unsclerotised cuticle around ventrianal shield; metapodal platelets ellipsoidal and short (≅ 15 μm); anterolateral seta of trochanter II brush-like..................................................... B. aceguensis Duarte, Castilho, Cunha & Moraes, 2016

- Fixed cheliceral digit with five teeth in addition to the apical tooth; seta s 5 about in transverse line with s 6; setae Zv 1 and Zv 3 on ventrianal shield; metapodal platelet elongate and long (≅ 40 μm); setae of trochanter II similar to each other, aciculate................................................................................... B. tocantinensis sp. nov.