Tycherobius virginiensis (McGregor)

Fan, Qing-Hai & Walter, David E., 2006, A review of the genus Tycherobius (Acari: Camerobiidae), with descriptions of four new species from Australia, Zootaxa 1121, pp. 1-52 : 5-8

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.171702
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5625429
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scientific name	Tycherobius virginiensis (McGregor)
status

Treatment

Neophyllobius virginiensis McGregor, 1950: 69 .

Tycherobius virginiensis ; Bolland, 1986: 208 (redescription).

Diagnosis

Adult female. Palptarsus with 1 + 1 eupathidium + 1; with a single pdx; idiosomal setae pdx, c1, d1, e1 and one member of f1 minute (2–3), peglike, no more than 1/10 of other setae; femora I–IV with 4, 3, 3, 2; tarsi I–II with 10 + 1, 8 + 1.

Species Peritremes Palpal setae Palpal eupathidia Idiosomal setae vi: ve? information needed.

Species Peritremes Palpal setae Palpal eupathidia Idiosomal setae vi: ve australis 1 loop 2 1 lanceolate, h1 prominently reduced 1.2 Remarks

Adult females of this species are unique in setae pdx, c1, d1, e1 being minute.

References

Bolland, H. R. (1986) Review of the systematics of the family Camerobiidae (Acari, Raphignathoidea). I. The genera Camerobia, Decaphyllobius, Tillandsobius and Tycherobius. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 129, 191 - 215.

McGregor, E. A. (1950) Mites of the genus Neophyllobius. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 49, 55 - 70.