Holoparasitus calcaratus, Koch, Koch

Witaliński, Wojciech, 2017, Key to the world species of Holoparasitus Oudemans, 1936 (Acari: Parasitiformes: Parasitidae), Zootaxa 4277 (3), pp. 301-351 : 304-305

Holoparasitus calcaratus species-group ( Witaliński & Skorupski, 2002)

Diagnosis. Female. Anterior margin of presternal plate smooth; endogynium cup-shaped with three main thorns, one smaller located anteroaxially and the two larger ones posterolaterally, additional denticles may also be present; fixed digit of chelicera with 4 or more well pronounced teeth; gv 2 in unmodified cuticle.

Male. Sternum with excipulum; gnathotectum with a central prong lobate, truncate or rounded apically, sometimes with minute denticles at the apex, lateral prongs present; fixed digit of chelicera with a row of minute denticles or toothless, movable digit with several teeth.

Included species:

1. H. calcaratus ( Koch, 1839) 2. H. excipuliger ( Berlese, 1906)

3. H. kerkirensis Witaliński & Skorupski, 2002 4. H. paradisiacus Witaliński & Skorupski, 2003b 5. H. pollicipatus ( Berlese, 1903)

6. H. pseudoperforatus ( Berlese, 1906) 7. H. rotulifer ( Willmann, 1940)