Aegyptobia

Khanjani, Masoumeh, Khanjani, Mohammad & Seeman, Owen D., 2012, The false spider mites of the genera Aegyptobia Sayed and Phytoptipalpus Trägårdh (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) from Iran, Zootaxa 3295, pp. 30-58 : 57-58

Key to species of Aegyptobia and Phytoptipalpus in Iran (females)

1. Anal plates with two ps setae............................................................. Phytoptipalpus … 2

- Anal plates with three ps setae............................................................... Aegyptobia ... 3

2. Palp tarsus with one solenidion and two eupathidia...................................... P. kurdistaniensis sp. nov.

- Palp tarsus with one solenidion and one eupathidion..................................... P. salicicola (Al-Gboory)

3. Tarsal claws pad-like.............................................................. A. macswaini group … 4

- Tarsal claws uncinate................................................................ A. tragardhi group … 6

4. All dorsal body spatulate, femora I–III and genu I–II each with one spatulate seta..................... A. bromi sp. nov

- All dorsal body setiform, femora I–III with setiform setae only................................................. 5

5. Anterior margin of prodorsum rounded, hysterosoma divided medially by transverse striae and with reticulations caudally.......................................................................................... A. glyptus Sayed

- Anterior margin of prodorsum with projections, hysterosoma without transverse striae medially.............................................................................................. A. persicae Khosrowshahi and Arbabi

6. Propodosomal setae broadly lanceolate to spatulate............................ A. beglarovi Livschitz and Mitrofanov

- Propodosomal setae setiform or narrowly lanceolate.......................................................... 7

7. Genu I–II each with 1 seta................................................................ A. tragardhi Sayed

- Genu I–II each with 3 setae............................................................................ 8

8. Dorsal setae short, v2 one third v2–v2 distance, setae 3a (17) and 4a (14), hysterosoma with longitudinal broken striae............................................................................................. A. nazarii sp. nov.

- Dorsal setae longer, v2 about half of distance v2–v2, setae 3a (65) and 4a (64), hysterosoma reticulate...................................................................................... A. iraniensis Khanjani, Gotoh and Barimani