Molothrognathus Summers and Schlinger, 1955

Akyol, Mustafa, 2021, A new record for the mite fauna of Turkey: Molothrognathus shirazicus (Acari: Caligonellidae) and the first description of its protonymph, Acarological Studies 3 (1), pp. 43-47 : 43-47

Genus: Molothrognathus Summers and Schlinger, 1955

Type species. Molothrognathus leptostylus Summers and Schlinger, 1955

Diagnosis. Peritremes originating medially on stylophore, immediately behind the cheliceral stylet bases.

Key to Molothrognathus species of Turkey

1. Dorsal integument with simple striae .................................. 2

- Dorsal integument with dual striae ........... M. kamili Doğan

2. Prodorsum without shield medially ...................................... 3

- Prodorsum with shield medially or finely striated spindle shaped shield - like area............................................................ 4

3. Setae sce and c 2 much longer than other dorsal setae; tarsi I-IV with 15(+1ω)-10(+1ω)-9-9 setae ............................... ................................... M. bahariensis Ueckermann and Khanjani

- Almost all dorsal setae subequal; tarsi I-IV with

14(+1ω)-9(+1ω)-8-8 setae ................................................................ ........................................... M. venusta (Khaustov and Kuznetzov)

4. Prodorsum with finely striated spindle shaped shield - like area ....................... M. phytocolus Meyer and Ueckermann

- Prodorsum with shield medially ............................................... 5

5. Setae sce as long as c 2 ...................................................................... ......................................... M. terrulentus Meyer and Ueckermann

- Setae sce and c 2 not equally long ............................................. 6 6. Setae c 2 shorter than sci and ve ................................................. ..................................................... M. crucis Summers and Schlinger

- Setae c 2 longer than sci and ve ...................................................... ........................... M. shirazicus Khanjani, Bakhshi and Khanjani