Eatoniana, Cambridge, 1898

SabooriK, Alireza, KapankayaK, Alperen, CakmakK, Ibrahim & HakimitabarK, Masoud, 2023, A discussion on the validity of the genus Abalakeus (Acari: Erythraeidae) with a redescription of A. gonabadensis, Acarologia 63 (2), pp. 295-305 : 298

Diagnosis Eatoniana (larva) (updated from Mąkol and Sevsay 2015)

Scutum with two normal setae on each side (2 + 2); coxal setal formula: 1, 1, 1; basifemural setal formula: 2, 2, 1; TFe I without solenidion; Ge I with one solenidion on the distal half of the segment, Ge II without solenidion, anterior and posterior tarsal claw feather-like; without sternalae II (2a), bases of posterior sensillary setae close together (similar to ASens bases);

palp femur and palp genu, each with one seta, odontus bifurcate at termination.

So, Abalakeus can be distinguished from Eatoniana in the larval stage with the following key:

1. TFe I and Ge II each with one solenidion, anterior tarsal claw hook-like, with two sternalae

II (2a), bases of posterior sensillary (PSens) setae well-separated................. Abalakeus

— TFe I and Ge II without solenidion, anterior tarsal claw feather-like, without sternalae II (2a), bases of posterior sensillary (PSens) setae close together................... Eatoniana .