Charadriphilus species

Skoracki, Maciej, 2011, Quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) of the Palaearctic region 2840, Zootaxa 2840 (1), pp. 1-414 : 264

Key to Charadriphilus species

(Females)

1. Setae vi and si subequal in length...................................... Ch. paraguaiae ( Skoracki and Sikora, 2002)

– Setae ve distinctly longer than vi ........................................................................ 2

2. Each medial branch of peritremes with 3–4 chambers....................................................... 3

– Each medial branch of peritremes with 8–9 chambers................... Ch. vanelli (Bochkov, Fain and Skoracki, 2004)

3. Each lateral branch of peritremes with 7–8 chambers. Propodonotal shield not concave on anterior margin. Infracapitulum apunctate ................................................................ Ch. ralli Skoracki and Bochkov, 2010

– Each lateral branch of peritremes with more than 12 chambers. Propodonotal shield concave on anterior margin. Infracapitulum densely punctate in anterior part..................................................................... 4

4. Length of movable cheliceral digit 170. Hysteronotal shield not fused to pygidial shield. Fan-like setae p’ and p” of legs III–IV with 6–7 tines. Setae 3c 2.6–2.8 times longer than 3b ..................... Ch. lyudmilae Bochkov and Chystiakov, 2001

– Length of movable cheliceral digit 155. Hysteronotal shield fused to pygidial shield. Fan-like setae p’ and p” of legs III–IV with 8–9 tines; setae 3c 3.4 times longer than 3b .......................... Ch. gallinago ( Bochkov and Mironov, 1998)