The false spider mites of the genera Aegyptobia Sayed and Phytoptipalpus Trägårdh (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) from Iran Author Khanjani, Masoumeh Author Khanjani, Mohammad Author Seeman, Owen D. text Zootaxa 2012 3295 30 58 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.213769 1951d001-e38b-4db5-ba94-ec3e417cbc94 1175-5326 213769 Genus Phytoptipalpus Trägårdh, 1904 Type species: Phytoptipalpus paradoxus Trägårdh, 1904 , by monotypy Diagnosis (based on Meyer & Van Dis 1993). Body ovate to elliptical; adults sometimes larviform, with 3 pairs of legs; rostral shield absent; anterior margin of prodorsal shield rounded or with 2 blunt lobes; dorsal setae narrowly to broadly lanceolate, or setiform, sparsely serrate; length of dorsal setae usually subequal, but dorsocentral setae usually shorter than sublateral and lateral setae; prodorsum striate, rugose or areolate; hysterosoma striate or rugose; hysterosoma with 12–13 pairs of setae ( f2 sometimes absent). Intercoxal area with setae 3a and usually with 4a ; genital shield with 2 pairs of setae ( g1–g2 ), arranged in transverse row and 2 pairs of anal setae ( ps1– 2 ), usually arranged along medial edge of anal shields. Ventral plate weakly to moderately wellformed. Palp tarsus usually with 3 phaneres, sometimes with 2 (lacking 1 eupathidion). Tarsal claws uncinate.