Bryobia (Allobia) Livschits & Mitrofanov 1971

SubgenusAllobiaLivschits & Mitrofanov, 1971 Type species. Bryobia pritchardi Rimando, 1962: 9. Diagnosis (based on females). As defined by Mirza et al. (2024). Key to the 22 species of the subgenus Allobia Species groups definition is based on Mirza et al. 2024. Notes on the species of the subgenus Allobia The subgenus Allobia includes 28 species (Mirza et al. 2024) although only 22 valid species are included in the key above. Among the remaining six species, five species described by Meyer (1974, 1987) have pad-like true claws on leg I. Mirza et al. (2024) provided a detailed discussion on how this character state contradicts the diagnosis of the Bryobiini tribe. In the present study, the sixth species B. (A.) orycustodia Meyer (in Meyer & Ueckermann, 1989) from the species group pritchardi is also considered among those five species of Meyer in which leg I true claws are also pad-like. These six species were not added to the diagnostic key for the time being as this requires an update of the diagnoses of all tribes of subfamily Bryobiinae based on the shape of leg I true claws. Species group abbatielloi There are only two species existing in the species group abbatielloi, B. (A.) abbatielloi (Smiley & Baker, 1995) and B. (A.) querci Hatzinikolis & Panou, 1997 (Mirza et al. 2024). The species B. (A.) querci was distinguished by the presence of f 2 setae in line with other dorsocentral setae c 1, d 1, and e 1 (Hatzinikolis and Panou 1997). This position of seta f 2 is incorrectly described in this species, based on the nomenclature of Lindquist (1985). Hence, the seta f 2 (outer sacral) described by Hatzinikolis and Panou (1997) is actually seta f 1 (inner sacral) and vice versa.