Chenophila species

3.2. Key to Chenophila species

(Females)

1. Aggenital setae ag3 twice as long as ag1. Punctate hysteronotal shield fused to pygidial shield ... 2

– Aggenital setae ag1 and ag3 subequal in length. Hysteronotal shield absent ... Ch. branta Kethley, 1970

TYMCIO et al. / Turk J Zool

2. Propodonotal shield distinctly punctate on whole surface. Length of stylophore 255–275. Each lateral branch of peritremes with 13–16 chambers. Lengths of idiosomal setae ve, se, and c2 80–100, 180–230, and 160–215, respectively; setae si 110–140, always longer than distance between setal bases si–se … Ch. platyrhynchos sp. nov.

– Propodonotal shield rarely punctate and only near bases of setae vi, ve, and si. Length of stylophore 230–250. Each lateral branch of peritremes with 10–13 chambers. Lengths of idiosomal setae ve, se, and c2 45–65, 135–165, and 115–145, respectively; setae si 55–100, subequal or shorter than distance between setal bases si–se … Ch. kanduli Bochkov, 1998