A new species of Hypoaspis Canestrini (Acari, Mesostigmata, Laelapidae) associated with Oryctes sp. (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) in Iran
Author
Joharchi, Omid
Author
Shahedi, Alireza
text
ZooKeys
2016
574
105
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.574.7767
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.574.7767
1313-2970-574-105
659FC43CB7CA44DDB0CA4D744958AB91
Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Scarabaeidae
Genus
Hypoaspis Canestrini
Hypoaspis
Canestrini, 1884: 1569.
Type species.
Gamasus krameri
G. & R. Canestrini, 1881, designated by
Berlese (1904)
.
The short diagnosis below is summarised from the detailed diagnosis in
Joharchi and Halliday (2011)
.
Short diagnosis.
Dorsal shield oval, without lateral incisions, bearing 35-40 pairs of setae including one or more pairs of Zx setae; some opisthonotal setae greatly elongated, especially Z4 (at least three times as long as J4); post-anal seta distinctly shorter than para-anals; hypostomal setae h3 distinctly longer than other hypostomal setae; tarsus II with two subterminal blunt spines (setae al1 and pl1).