Ameronothridae Vitzthum 1943

• Main Authors: Ermilov, Sergey G., Stary, Josef, Block, William
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2012
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Sarcoptiformes; Ameronothridae; Seta; Antarc*; antarcticus
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5251043; https://zenodo.org/record/5251043

Key to genera of known nymphal Ameronothridae 1. Gastronotic surface with sclerites and folds................................................................ 2 - Gastronotic surface only with folds...................................................................... 4 2. Eighteen or more gastronotic sclerites present; all gastronotic setae short or only setae h 1 – h 3 longer than others.......... 3 - Fewer than 16 gastronotic sclerites present; often gastronotic seta h 2 longer than h 1 and h 3 (exceptions: many gastronotic setae long or all setae short).............................................................. Halozetes -species group 1 ( H. capensis Coetzee & Marshall; H. intermedius Wallwork; H. littoralis Wallwork; H. macquariensis (Dalenius); H. marinus marinus (Lohmann); H. marinus devilliersi Engelbrecht; H. marinus minor Wallwork; H. plumosus Wallwork; H. necrophagus Wallwork) 3. Interlamellar seta approximately three times longer than rostral seta; interlamellar seta clearly longer than their mutual distance.............................. Alaskozetes ( A. antarcticus antarcticus (Michael), A. antarcticus intermedius Wallwork) - Interlamellar seta approximately twice the length of rostral seta; interlamellar seta as long as their mutual distance or shorter.......................................... Podacarus ( P. auberi auberti Grandjean; P. auberi occidentalis Wallwork) : Published as part of Ermilov, Sergey G., Stary, Josef & Block, William, 2012, Morphology of juvenile instars of Ameronothridae (Acari: Oribatida), pp. 1-40 in Zootaxa 3224 (1) on page 38, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3224.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5248802