Armascirus Den Heyer, 1978

Kalúz, Stanislav, 2009, Two new Palearctic mite species of the family Cunaxidae (Acari: Prostigmata), Zootaxa 2198, pp. 27-40 : 28

Genus Armascirus Den Heyer, 1978

The description of the genus Armascirus given by Den Heyer (1978) presents the detailed diagnostic features of this genus within the family Cunaxidae . The main features separating the genus Armascirus from the other genera of subfamily Cunaxinae ( Den Heyer 1978) are: Palpal segment II (basifemur) with a simple dorsal seta; palpal segment III (telofemur) bears a spine–like dorsal seta; apophysis present on palpal segment IV (genu); the female palp with a median spine–like apophysis on segment III, which is lacking in the males. Dorsal plates reticulated, the dorsal chaetotaxy includes two pairs of fine setose sensillae (vi and sce), with the posterior pair (sce) the longer, six pairs of tactile setae in dorsocentral and three pairs of dorsolateral series. Anal region with one pair of anal setae and one pair of para-anal setae. Chaetotaxy of telofemora I–IV: 4 sts (simple tactile setae) - 4 sts - 3 sts, 1 ms (microseta) - 3 sts, 1 ms. The proximal sensory complex on dorsal aspect of tarsus I with a small pe organ (peo). The chaetotaxy of telofemora I–IV is 4 sts - 4 sts - 3 sts, 1 ms - 3 sts, 1ms and the chaetotaxy of coxal plates I–IV is 3 sts, 1 peg - 1 (in Ƥ) or 2 (in 3) sts - 3 sts - 3 sts.