Atrichophyllodes, Hernandes & Valim & Mironov, 2007

Hernandes, Fábio A., Valim, Michel P. & Mironov, Sergey V., 2007, Two new genera and five new species of the feather mite subfamily Proctophyllodinae (Astigmata: Proctophyllodidae) from suboscine birds in Brazil, Journal of Natural History (J. Nat. Hist.) 41 (41 - 44), pp. 2653-2681 : 2662

Key to species of Atrichophyllodes gen. n.

1. In males, rudimentary sclerites rEpIIa present, genital acetabula situated on ovate plates, setae 3a situated off epimerites IIIa, setae ps3 off adanal shields, tarsus IV with paraxial extension bearing seta r. In females, terminal cleft as a narrow inverted V; anterior hysteronotal shield with two pairs of elongated pale sclerotized areas on anterior half............. A. delalandi sp. n.

– In males, rudimentary sclerites rEpIIa absent, genital acetabulae situated on soft tegument, setae 3a situated on inner ends of epimerites IIIa, setae ps3 on anterior margin of adanal shields, tarsus IV without paraxial extension. In females, terminal cleft as an inverted U (19–27 in width), anterior hysteronotal shield with small scattered lacunae between levels of setae d2 and e2 and with pair of pale sclerotized areas situated on postero-lateral margins....... A. mentalis sp. n.