Neotarsonemoides

Gheblealivand, Saeide S., Irani-Nejad, Karim Haddad, Manzari, Shahab, Vahed, Mohammad Moghadam & Magowski, Wojciech Ł., 2016, A new species and new records of the genus Neotarsonemoides Kaliszewski, 1984 (Acari: Tarsonemidae) from East Azerbaijan province, Northwestern Iran, Zootaxa 4184 (1), pp. 63-78 : 77

Key to females of Iranian subgenera, species groups and species of the genus Neotarsonemoides (derived from Magowski (2002))

1. Shield (PrS) with pronounced anterolateral lobes; setae d and f at least 2x as long as c1 ................................................................................................ (subgenus Ototarsonemus ) … N. (O.) alatus

- Shield (PrS) without or with small, indistinct anterolateral lobes; setae d and f less than 2x longer, or clearly shorter than c1 ................................................................................ Neotarsonemoides s. str. … 2

2. Tegula longer than its width, pointed, arrow-head shaped, genual seta v’ lacking from Fege IV................................................................................................. N. denigratus group … N. (N.) evae

- Tegula shorter than its width, rounded subtriangular, bluntly or sharply pointed, genual seta v’ present on Fege IV............................................................................................ polonicus group … 3

3. Setae e stiff and blunt..................................................................... N. (N.) polonicus

- Setae e slender and sharp.............................................................................. 4

4. Setae d slender, sharply pointed............................................................. N. (N.) multiplex

- Setae d stiff, bluntly pointed............................................................................ 5

5. Setae e 2x as long as d and h, setae ps longer than distance between their bases........................ N. (N.) occultus

- Setae e ca. as long as d and h, setae ps ca. as long as half distance between their bases.............................. 6

6. Tergite C and metapodosomal plate with irregular dimpled ornamentation, parallel apodemes indiscernible............................................................................................. N. (N.) marandicus sp. nov.

- Tergite C and metapodosomal plate with regular dimpled ornamentation, parallel apodemes well pronounced........................................................................................................ N. (N.) lucifer