Paraseiulus

Faraji, Farid, Jalaeian, Mahdi & Mcmurtry, James A., 2008, A new species of Paraseiulus Muma from Iran with a key to the known species (Acari: Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae), Zootaxa 1770, pp. 65-68 : 67

Key to the world species* of Paraseiulus based on adult females

1 Setae Z3 present ...................................................................................................................... P. talbii (Athias-Henriot)

- Setae Z3 absent ............................................................................................................................................................ 2

2 Dorsal shield with prominent pores in addition to some distinct small pores .............................................................. 3

- Dorsal shield without prominent pores, with or without distinct small pores ............................................................. 5

3 Dorsal shield with three pairs of large pores; calyx of spermatheca bell-shaped. P. triporus (Chant & Yoshida-Shaul)

- Dorsal shield with two pairs of large pores; calyx of spermatheca narrow, funnel-shaped and bulged near atrium.... 4

4 Setae ST 3 set on platelets; posterior margin of sternal shield strongly concave .............. P. deogyuensis (Ryu & Ehara)

- Setae ST 3 set on soft integument; posterior margin of sternal shield slightly concave .............. P. insignis Kolodochka

5 Calyx of spermatheca saccular and without neck ..................................................................... P. amacroporus n. sp.

- Calyx of spermatheca elongate and narrow or calyx with a long neck ........................................................................ 6

6 Dorsal shield elongate, width half the length ...................................................................... P. minutus (Athias-Henriot)

- Dorsal shield more stout, width over half the length ................................................................................................... 7

7 Length of setae Z4 more than half the distance between setae Z4 and Z5 ...................................................................... 8

- Length of setae Z4 half, or less than half, the distance between setae Z4 and Z5 .......................................................... 9

8 All setae on dorsal shield except j1 and J5, lightly barbed; setae j4 and j5 easily reach insertions of, respectively, setae j5 and z5 ............................................................................................................ P. erevanicus (Wainstein & Arutunjan)

- Only setae Z4, Z5 and J5 barbed; setae j4 and j5 do not reach insertions of, respectively, setae j5 and z5 ......................... ................................................................................................................................................... P. porosus Kolodochka

9 Setae ST 3 set on platelets; ventrianal shield with a ratio of length to width of about 2.6 (at waist) or 1.6 (at widest level) .................................................................................................................................... P. intermixtus Kolodochka

- Setae ST 3 set on soft integument; ventrianal shield with a ratio of length to width of about 4.6 (at waist) or 2.3 (at widest level) ...................................................................................................................... P. inobservatus Kolodochka