Kongsbergia, Thor, 1899

Pešić, Vladimir, Smit, Harry, Sharma, Neha, Rana, Kumbhlesh Kamal, Bahuguna, Pankaj & Rayal, Rajesh, 2024, Two new Kongsbergia species from the Western Himalaya with a key to the species of the genus from India (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Aturidae), Ecologica Montenegrina 74, pp. 1-8 : 7

Key to species of the genus Kongsbergia from India (modified from Pešić et al. 2020)

1 IV-L-5 modified with characteristic modified setae: males .......................................................................2

- IV-L-5 without modified setae: females (unknown for K. parvatiya , K. himalayaensis , K. tuzovskiji n. sp. and K. uttarakhandensis n. sp.) .................................................................................................................8

2 IV-L-5 distally projecting ............................................................................. ............................................ 5

- IV-L-5 not projecting distally ....................................................................................................................3

3 Dorsal shield with four pairs of strong setae associated with accompanying glandularia; without dorsal colour pattern ......................................................................... K. indica Pešić & Smit, 2019 (Uttarakhand)

- Dorsal shield with simple setae; dorsal shield colour pattern various........................................................4

4 Colour pattern consisting of a small anterior patch; IV-L-4 distoventrally projecting (exhibiting a strong variability, see Cook 1967), distoventral seta on IV-L-5 curved and smooth .............................................. ...................................................................................................... K. variabilis Cook, 1967 (Maharashtra)

- Dorsal shield without colour pattern; IV-L-4 not projecting distoventrally, distoventral seta on IV-L-5 strongly pectinate .............................................................. K. tuzovskiji Pešić & Smit n. sp. (Uttarakhand)

5 Gonopore located on a projection; IV-L-5 ventral margin with a triangular projection located in segment centre..................................................................... K. uttarakhandensis Pešić & Smit n. sp. (Uttarakhand)

- Gonopore not located on a projection; IV-L-5 ventral margin with a projection at proximal end of the segment ......................................................................................................................................................6

6 Proximoventral projection on IV-L-5 bearing a relatively large sword-like seta; P-4 relatively long and narrow, colour pattern with pigmented area confined to the posterior half of the dorsal shield.. ................ ............................................................................................................... K. parvatiya Cook, 1967 (Kerala)

- Proximoventral projection on IV-L-5 much smaller; P-4 proportionally much shorter and stouter; dorsal colour pattern different...............................................................................................................................7

7 Dorsal shield without colour pattern; distoventral seta on IV-L-5 less curved, almost straight, IV-L-6 proportionally stouter (L/H ratio 2.3)........................ K. himalayaensis Pešić & Smit, 2020 (Uttarakhand)

- Dorsal colour pattern consists of anterior and posterior patches; distoventral seta on IV-L-5 curved, IV- L-6 proportionally slender (L/H ratio ˃ 2.5) ........................... .......... K. rucira Cook, 1967 (Maharashtra)

8(1) P-4 slender (L/H ratio 4.0), relatively longer, nearly as long as P-2+3 ....... ......... K. variabilis Cook, 1967

- P-4 stouter (L/H ratio 3.0), shorter than P-2+3 ....................................... ……………………………………. 9

9 Dorsal shield without dorsal colour pattern, dorsal shield with four pairs of strong setae associated with accompanying glandularia ............................................................................ K. indica Pešić & Smit, 2019

- Dorsal shield with colour pattern as described for male, all dorsal setae simple ....... K. rucira Cook, 1967