Catarhinus, Keifer, 1959

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Key to species of Catarhinus

1. Coxal plates smooth................................................................................... 2

-. Coxal plates with granules or short lines................................................................... 9

2. Female genital coverflap smooth......................................................................... 3

-. Female genital coverflap with ridges or short lines........................................................... 5

3. Prodorsal shield smooth................................................ C. munnarensis Mohanasundaram, 1991

-. Prodorsal shield with lines.............................................................................. 4

4. Two incomplete admedian lines present on prodorsal shield............................. C. vulgaris Kuang et al., 1990

-. A “U-shape” line present at anterior of prodorsal shield............................... C. raii Mohanasundaram, 1984

5. Prodorsal shield smooth................................................................................ 6

-. Prodorsal shield with lines.............................................................................. 7

6. Opisthosoma with 85 annuli, empodium 10-rayed.............................. C. spontaneae Mohanasundaram, 1984

-. Opisthosoma with 38 annuli, empodium 4-rayed............................................ .. C. mori Huang, 2001

7. Dorsal annuli smooth............................................................... C. axonopi Boczek, 1960

-. Dorsal annuli with granules..............................................................................8

8. Prodorsal shield with two incomplete admdian lines..................................... C. palmifolies Huang, 2001

-. Prodorsal shield with many granules............................................. C. granatus Reis & Navia, 2011

9. Female genital coverflap smooth...................................................... C. sacchari Kuang, 1983

-. Female genital coverflap with ridges or short lines.......................................................... 10

10. Dorsal annuli smooth................................................................................. 11

-. Dorsal annuli with granules............................................................................ 13

11. Median line present on shield........................................................................... 12

-. Median line absent from shield................................................ C. imperatae Chandrapatya, 1993

12. Coxal plates with granules, seta h1 present............................................... C. sanguinalus sp. nov.

-. Coxal plates with short lines, seta h1 absent....................................... C. microstegii Wei & Xie, 2009

13. Prodorsal shield with two short admedian lines and many pits.......................... .. C. pennisetosus Boczek, 1997

-. Prodorsal shield with short submedian lines laterally................................... C. tricholaenae Keifer, 1959