Pelacarus Bartsch, 1986

Bartsch, Ilse, 2015, The genital area of Halacaridae (Acari), life stages and development of morphological characters and implication on the classification, Zootaxa 3919 (2), pp. 201-259 : 225

Pelacarus Bartsch, 1986

Type species. Agaue aculeata Trouessart, 1896 .

Adults. In female and male GP and AP fused. Female GA with three pairs of pgs; each genital sclerite with three sgs ( Bartsch 1986e: fig. 13). Three pairs of gac arranged in line from level of mid-GO posteriad. Ovipositor short, at rest not extending beyond GO. Number and shape of genital spines not known. Male GO smaller and in a more ventral position than female GO. Male GA with eight pairs of pgs; genital sclerites with five pairs of spur-like sgs ( Bartsch 1986e: fig. 22). Female and male AE with large epimeral pores.

Juveniles. At present only the deutonymphal instar known. In deutonymph GP and AP separated; GP with two pairs of pgs, one pair of sgs and two pairs of internal gac ( Bartsch 1986e: fig. 32). AE with large epimeral pores.

Remarks. A single species is known, it is recorded from the northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean ( Trouessart 1896a; Bartsch 2009a).