Key to genera of Podocinidae (adult females) 1. Anterior region of epistome acuminate; dorsal shield with 40 pairs of setae; with one pair of pre-sternal plates; ventrianal shield with six pairs of preanal setae; leg I slightly shorter than leg IV (both longer than other legs), with pretarsus; genua II, III and IV with six, six and five setae, respectively; tibia IV with seven setae........................... Africoseius (Figs 1–4) - Anterior region of epistome trispinate; dorsal shield with 11–23 pairs of setae; pre-sternal plates absent; ventrianal shield with 3–4 pairs of preanal setae; leg I much longer than other legs, without pretarsus; genua II, III and IV with seven, seven, six setae, respectively; tibia IV with six setae....................................................................... 2 2. Leg I antenna-like, terminating in two whip-like setae....................................... Podocinum (Figs 5–8) - Leg I antenna-like, terminating in a single whip-like seta.................................... Podocinella (Figs 9–12)

Published as part of Barros, Avyla R. A., Castilho, Raphael C. & De Moraes, Gilberto J., 2020, Catalogue of the mite family Podocinidae Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata), pp. 141-156 in Zootaxa 4802 (1) on page 144, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4802.1.9, http://zenodo.org/record/3904968