Raphignathus Saboorii N. Sp. A New Species Of The Genus Raphignathus (Acari: Trombidiformes: Raphignathidae) From Northwest Iran
Author
Ghorbani, H.
Author
Bagheri, M.
Author
Ueckermann, E. A.
Author
Navaei-Bonab, R.
Author
Mehrvar, A.
Author
Saber, M.
text
Acarologia
2011
2011-12-20
51
4
425
430
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20112025
journal article
10.1051/acarologia/20112025
2107-7207
5400698
Family
Raphignathidae Kramer, 1877
Type
genus:
Raphignathus
Dugès, 1834
Genus
Raphignathus
Dugès, 1834
Diagnosis — Body soft to sclerotized; red or yellow in life; idiosoma oval in dorsoventral view; cheliceral bases fused; palptibial claw small, at most one half length of palptarsus; subcapitulum with 2 pairs of subcapitular setae and 2 pairs of adoral setae; dorsum with 11 – 12 pairs of setae, one pair of eyes laterally on propodosomal shield; ventrally, coxae
II
and
III
contiguous; two pairs of aggenital setae; genital shield with three or four pairs of setae; anal opening clearly separated from genital aperture and with three pairs of setae; leg empodial axis directly producing 2 rows of tenent hairs; number of male and female solenidia on tarsi often similar, but in male dorsal body shields somewhat fused and solenidia ω on tarsi enlarged.