Three new species of the genus Neophyllobius Berlese (Acari: Camerobiidae) from Southern and Southwestern Iran
Author
Khanjani, Mohammad
Author
Hoseini, Mohammad Ahmad
text
Zootaxa
2013
3666
4
510
522
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.6
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1175-5326
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Genus
Neophyllobius
Berlese
Type
species:
Neophyllobius elegans
Berlese, 1886: 19
.
Diagnosis.
The members of this genus can be recognized easily by: 1. Stylophore with a pair of looped peritremes, 2. Idiosoma with 14 or 15 pairs (pdx absent or present) of long and stout lanceolate setae, often set on prominent tubercles, 3. Genital valves with two pairs of setae (Khanjani
et al
. 2012),
4
. Anal valves with three pairs of pseudanal setae, 5. Tarsi I and II with a single solenidion (ω) which is opposite to proximal tactile setae (vs´and vs´´), 6. Tarsi 9-10+1ω, 9-10+1ω, 7-8+0-1ω, 7-8; tibiae 9+1 φ, 8+1 φ, 8+1 φ, 7+1 φ, each female tibiae with one specialized seta(φ) but tibia I of male with two (φ).